The first modules of the new Health Insurance IT Platform (PIAS) will become available by the end of this year, with the entire system expected to be fully operational by August next year, Health Minister Alexandru Rogobete announced on Friday.
"People's health can no longer be held hostage by bureaucracy and outdated systems. The Health Insurance IT Platform (PIAS) is the most important digitalisation project in the history of the Romanian healthcare system, valued at 100 million euro and funded through the [National Recovery and Resilience Plan] PNRR. It is a commitment we made as a team and one we will see through to completion. (...) The first modules will be ready by the end of this year. By next August, the entire system will be operational. These are not mere promises. (...) We are moving at an accelerated pace. Results are beginning to show. And they will be felt directly in the lives of every patient and every doctor," the minister wrote on Facebook.
According to Rogobete, the new platform will eliminate paper forms and lost documents; referrals, medical letters and sick leave certificates will become digital documents, instantly available; the electronic patient record and e-prescription system will become fully functional; and patients' medical histories will be accessible at any time and anywhere - via the web or mobile phone.
More than 16 million citizens depend on PIAS, over 70,000 healthcare providers connect to the system daily, and more than 700,000 medical services are validated and reported through it each day - around 200,000 of which are prescriptions, Rogobete explained.
"All of these vital processes still run on equipment installed as early as 2002 - outdated, fragile, and with no replacement parts available. It is unacceptable that in 2025, doctors and patients continue to waste precious time due to frozen servers. (...) Patients in Romania deserve a healthcare system that is fair, safe and modern. And they will have it," the Health minister said.
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