Setting of Informatic Development Policies in the Healthcare Sector

Integration of the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) and the Ministry of Informatics and Communications (MIC).

• Led by Vice-ministers of MINSAP and MIC, based in the University of Information Sciences (UCI)
• Made up of the Ministry of Public Health, Ministry of Informatics and Communications, University of Information Sciences, Softel, Infomed, Copextel, ETECSA, Desoft, National Office of  Computerization for the Society and others.
•  Weekly checkup meeting.

• Professional
• Technicians

• Equipment
• Connectivity
• Information systems

• Provide the healthcare sector with reliable information in real time for decision-making at different managing levels, education, research and health management
• Implement a comprehensive informatic solution

 17 Objectives of the Primary Health Care (PHC)

• Facilitate the information management at primary care level.
• Improve the flow of information to higher levels.
• Ensure and make decision-making, research and education more efficient.

 18 Objectives of the National Network of Blood Banks

• Create a computerized register of donors.
• Computerize blood and blood components distribution process in blood banks.
• Computerize blood bank management.

19 Objectives of the National Network of Image

• Make good use of the potentialities of the National Network of Images and the National Healthcare System to improve diagnosis.
• Guarantee long-term organizational, technological and economic sustainability of the National Network of Images.
• Increase access of the population to diagnosing imaging devices.
• Place Cuba in the forefront of the field of research and applications worldwide, thus supporting medical and scientific spheres where our country is a leader.

20 Objectives of the Hospital Management System

• Design a modular informatic solution for hospital management.
• Assure the gradual development and maintenance of informatic solutions according to the new demands.

21 Objectives of the National Network of Nephrology

• Computerize the Institute of Nephrology as Coordinating Center of the National Program of Chronic Renal Diseases, Dialysis and Kidney Transplantation.
• Interconnect the 47 Nephrological Service Departments with the National Coordinating Center.
• Computerize the healthcare system of Isle of Youth municipality down to the level of family physician’s offices, in order to develop epidemiological research works for chronic renal disease prevention.

22 Objectives of Galenomedia

• Domestically plan the production of educational software prepared in Medical Sciences using multimedia techniques, with the objective of raising the quality and quantity of this software.
• Standardize a working methodology for the design of Educational Software instructions in MINSAP.
• Make and standardize an identity for the project and its results.
• Evaluate the impact of the Educational Software in higher medical education.

23 Medical Genetics

• Informatic applications projects with the University of Information Sciences.
•  Family tree
• Medical genetics portal
• Cuban  Register of Disabled People
• Cuban Register of Genetic Diseases
• Cuban Register of Twins
• Cuban Register of Medical Histories
• Cuban Register of Congenital Malformations
• Cuban Register of Mentally-Retardation
• Telegenetics.