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The vast project of digitization of the health sector and means of strengthening intersectoral coordination for the acceleration of its implementation was at the center of the coordination meeting, co-chaired by the Minister of Health, Mohamed Seddik Aït Messaoudène, with the High Commissioner for Digitization with the rank of minister, Meriem Benmouloud, in the presence of executives from the two institutions. This was stated in a press release from the Ministry of Health on Tuesday.
At the opening of the meeting, Aït Messaoudène declared that the digitalization of the sector is among the priorities of the national strategy, affirming that the Ministry of Health is working to effectively put the system into service before the end of the current year. He underlined his department’s desire to accelerate “the effective transition towards an integrated digital health system, capable of connecting all hospital establishments through a unified national platform”.
The minister added that “this interconnection will make it possible to pool data, improve coordination between medical structures and guarantee better quality of care and homogeneous patient care, regardless of the establishment attended.”
The work of the meeting focused on the finalization of a short-term bilateral technical roadmap, intended to support the Ministry of Health in the different stages of its digital transition. Both parties noted the importance of structuring priorities and implementing an integrated approach, focused on the efficiency of services and improving the patient journey.
Mr. Aït Messaoudène was keen to emphasize that the electronic patient file constitutes the cornerstone of this modernization process, specifying that this will make it possible to centralize, in a secure database, all the patient’s medical information, accessible at any time via the national identity card or a unique digital identifier.
He thus assured that “this system will avoid repetition of analyzes and examinations, will facilitate online appointment making, medical monitoring and coordination between specialties. He maintained that “this reform will introduce a real break in management and planning methods, particularly with the integration of the internal contractual system into the new digital architecture”.
National identifier for reliable and transparent tracking
Noting the strategic dimension of the project, Mr. Aït Messaoudène highlighted the essential role of the national patient identifier, an instrument guaranteeing the reliability and consistency of data across the territory. He added that “these modern tools represent a fundamental basis for building a transparent, efficient and sustainable health system”.
Furthermore, the Minister of Health called for the effective commissioning of the national platform of priority data, in particular those linked to the availability of medicines, the maintenance of medical equipment and specialized treatments such as radiotherapy. He also insisted on the creation of new platforms dedicated to the management of health personnel, continuing training and planning of needs, stressing that digitalization must also strengthen the internal governance of the sector.
Another major focus will be the creation of a national demographic database, an essential tool for precise health management based on real data. The ministry is also planning the launch of a hospitalization bed monitoring platform, making it possible to direct patients in real time according to availability, both regionally and nationally.
For his part, Mr. Benmouloud reaffirmed the total commitment of the High Commission for Digitization to mobilizing all technical and human skills to support the Ministry of Health in this structuring process. She also highlighted the highly strategic and sensitive nature of the health sector, emphasizing that digitalization represents an essential lever for bringing citizens closer to public services. She also declared that “our common goal is to allow every Algerian to access quality care, with transparency and simplicity.”
At the end of the meeting, the two ministers stressed that the success of the digitalization of the health system constitutes a national success, because it embodies the desire to build a modern, efficient and connected administration. They therefore called for a collective mobilization of all institutional, technical and medical stakeholders to bring this major project to fruition.