Development of electronic healthcare in Kazakhstan as a factor of improving the quality of medical services

Abstract

The relevance of the article is determined by the priority of the task of improving the quality and availability of medical care to the population, improving medical education and the health care management system, in the context of the systemic implementation of e-health technologies. According to WHO terminology, e-health involves the use of information and communication technologies not only in the health care system, but also covers public health, health management, financial and economic, educational and scientific aspects related to this area.
 The article deals with the development of digital health care in Kazakhstan, the pace of development of which allows us to predict with confidence the intensive development of smart medicine in the future. The main stages of digitalization of health care were considered, while the main trends that characterize the features and problems of its development at the present stage were highlighted. It is expected that the introduction of information communication technologies into the health care system will allow a new level of quality of medical care provided to the population. The introduction of e-health technologies will allow remote monitoring of the population, increase patient awareness, improve access to health care, especially in remote areas.

Epidemiology of type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus in Kazakhstan: data from unified National Electronic Health System 2014–2019

“…Initial data consisted of 20,810,911 patient records from inpatient electronic registry of hospitalized patients ( n = 9,653,402) and outpatient electronic registry of dispensary patients ( n = 11,157,509) which were identified using ICD-10 codes for DM (E08 – E13) [ 6 ]. After removing duplicates and non-diabetic patients, the final cohort consisted of 475,539 DM patients.…”

“…To date, Kazakhstan has well developed electronic healthcare system among many other countries [6,7]. This is so called Unified National Electronic Health System (UNEHS), which started in 2003 and established in 2014, made available medical claims from different electronic data sources such as inpatient electronic registries of hospitalized patients, outpatients electronic registries of dispensary patients and many others, which are implemented overall all medical organizations in the country.…”

“…This is so called Unified National Electronic Health System (UNEHS), which started in 2003 and established in 2014, made available medical claims from different electronic data sources such as inpatient electronic registries of hospitalized patients, outpatients electronic registries of dispensary patients and many others, which are implemented overall all medical organizations in the country. Aggregation and utilization of such nationwide electronic healthcare data could provide real knowledge on in-depth epidemiology of diabetes in overall Kazakhstan [6,7].…”

Epidemiology of tuberculosis in Kazakhstan: data from the Unified National Electronic Healthcare System 2014–2019

“…Existing studies have been conducted covering only limited disperse geographic regions 7–11. The digitalisation of the national healthcare system and the establishment of the UNEHS over the last decade make it feasible to conduct nationwide large-scale epidemiological studies in Kazakhstan 12–14…”

Epidemiology of dialysis-treated end-stage renal disease patients in Kazakhstan: data from nationwide large-scale registry 2014–2018

“…Despite the availability of chronic hemodialysis treatment since 1974, the number of public dialysis centers were limited to the big cities, but legislative changes in the early 2000s allowed the establishment of private dialysis centers throughout the country, which resulted in improved patient access to such facilities. The establishment of the Unified National Electronic Health System (UNEHS) in 2014, made epidemiological data of dialysis patients readily available for healthcare researchers and providers [ 8 , 9 ].…”