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Country’s healthcare system in a nutshell
The Hungarian health system is primarily organised under a single health insurance fund, providing coverage for almost all residents. However, the range of services covered by this fund is somewhat limited compared to other European Union countries.
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https://eurohealthobservatory.who.int/countries/hungary
Public vs private
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The national PHR
History
The National eHealth Infrastructure and its specialised modules were established within the framework of projects no. TIOP-2.3.2-12/1-2013-0001 and TIOP-2.3.1-13/1-2013-0001 under the social infrastructure operating programme with support from the European Union and co-funding by the Hungarian State, with a total investment of 4.87 billion Hungarian forints. Continuous development of the system is ensured by forms close cooperation of the Hungarian State and the European Union such as project no. 1.9.6 of the Human Resource Development Operating Programme / EFOP of Hungary.
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https://e-egeszsegugy.gov.hu/web/eeszt-information-portal/history-of-eeszt
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Features
The National eHealth Infrastructure (EESZT) is a central IT system that has set the foundations for ensuring communication between healthcare service providers.
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see ePrescriptions,
eReferrals;
health documents,
EU vaccination certificate,
EU test certificate,
EU health certificate;
outpatient records;
and final reports of their health care;
test results
eProfile: the never or rarely-changing health data uploaded by the GP will be uploaded, which affects health and can even be life-saving in case of emergency care. Such health data is, for example, information about allergies, pregnancy, and implanted implants.
All events when patients used healthcare in outpatient and inpatient specialist care facilities or at family doctor services appear in the ‘Event Catalog’. The data is uploaded by the institutions;
Patients can continuously monitor who has requested access to their data (the GP and treating clinicians have access), and they can set which EESZT event they request an e-mail notification from the system. The data displayed for treating physicians depends on the settings, permissions, and restrictions made during self-determination. More info here
Patients have the ability to book an appointment related to taking a COVID vaccination;
Challenges and areas for improvement
The main weaknesses of the platform are:
ability for patients to input data manually is limited to some specific measurements. Patients can’t add other medical data manually (such as allergies, files etc)
There’s no ability for patients and professionals to communicate with each other via the platform.
there is no device integrations, i.e. patients can contribute to the record data from their device, but there is no possibility to connect the device to the record.
Published outcomes - statistics
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Screenshots
Login
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Carer functionality
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Patient history: documents by private professionals, GPs, hospitals, etc.
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Devices menu:
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Folders menu:
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Bibliography
EESZT. (n.d). The Role of the EESZT in Hungarian Healthcare. Available at: https://e-egeszsegugy.gov.hu/web/eeszt-information-portal/the-role-of-the-eeszt-in-hungarian-healthcare. (Accessed 13 September 2023)
EESZT. (n.d). Citizen Portal - Main Page. Available at: https://www.eeszt.gov.hu/hu/nyito-oldal. (Accessed 13 September 2023)
EESZT. (n.d). EESZT Information Portal - The History of EESZT. Available at: https://e-egeszsegugy.gov.hu/web/eeszt-information-portal/history-of-eeszt (Accessed 13 September 2023)