An electronic application for healthcare specialist consultation, which will allow quick access to and exchange of information about the patient and their health condition, was officially launched in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on 22 May 2011.
Bujar Osmani, the country's Minister of Health, attended the launch event at the Clinic for Paediatric Surgery in the capital Skopje. He said that the introduction of the solution constitutes a major step towards creating a fully electronic health system.
Through the application, Mr Osmani explained, a specialist doctor can obtain a patient's complete medical record electronically, with all the historical data covering previous tests and referrals from the family doctor.