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Forum explores potential of innovation in health sector

A forum was held at the National Innovation Centre (NIC) in Hanoi on October 29 with a focus on the application of medical technology to health care.
Forum explores potential of innovation in health sector ảnh 1The forum at the National Innovation Centre (NIC) in Hanoi on October 29 (Photo: NIC)
Hanoi (VNA) – A forum was held at the NationalInnovation Centre (NIC) in Hanoi on October 29 with a focus on the applicationof medical technology to health care.

The event, part of the NIC opening ceremony and the VietnamInternational Innovation Expo 2023 from October 28 to November 1, aims toprovide a panoramic view of the health sector’s important aspects and introduceand connect potential partners in medical technology and digital transformationfrom hospitals, centres, research institutes, and medical universities in theregion and the world.

In his remarks, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Tran DuyDong said that health care is one of the priority sectors in the national digitaltransformation programme until 2025, with orientations towards 2030.

The digital transformation programme for the health sector covers four pillars,namely disease prevention and health care, medical examination and treatment,health administration, and organisation of online international specialised conferences.

Dong said the COVID-19 pandemic has fueled a giant leap indigital transformation in the health sector. Technological applications havebeen deployed quickly to access people nationwide such as the healthdeclaration apps of NCOVI and PC COVID, the contact tracing app of Bluezone,and telemedicine.

The pandemic has partly reflected the importance of innovation inthe health sector to public health care and socio-economic recovery anddevelopment, the official noted.

Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan said innovation in thehealth sector means the development and application of technological ideas andnew processes and solutions to improve the quality and promote scientificadvances in medicine. Innovation will resolve challenges and growing demand forhealth care, and it will take place in all steps from primary health care, diseaseprevention, examination and treatment to the production of pharmaceuticals,vaccines, biologicals, and medical equipment.

Innovation in health care requires the coordination among medical experts,technologists, policy makers, and investors to make positive changes amid the FourthIndustrial Revolution that is taking place strongly, he went on.

Thuan voiced his hope that the forum would help connect domesticorganisations and units with international technology developers and investorsto boost the development of Vietnam’s health sector in the time ahead./.
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