Regulatory Filings • May 12, 2016
Regulatory Filings
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Ministry of Healthcare and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d. signed a contract for Delivery of Health Information Systems Informatization and Inter-Operability Platform. The Contract is worth HRK 150 million. An advanced software solution and services related to the national healthcare system informatization will be delivered to the Republic of Kazakhstan, world's ninth largest country with a population of 17 million. The implementation, which includes analysis, design, adjustment to local requirements and installation will last approximately a year, while support services will continue for three years.
This contract will enable the Ministry of Healthcare and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the related healthcare institutions to introduce international standards and to support key healthcare segment reforms. It is important to emphasize that this platform has the possibility to integrate the existing systems and enable the integration of future systems on the basis of international standards. Within the contract, National Electronic Health Record System and Business Intelligence System will be designed.
The introduction of networked healthcare information system on a national level will result in improved efficiency and quality in managing healthcare system and access to reliable and timely healthcare information. A unified healthcare information system will enable various new services and information regarding healthcare segment to citizens via Patient's Portal, as well as a safer healthcare system of higher quality, and will provide assistance to doctors in clinical decision making.
Alexey Tsoy, Vice-Minister of Healthcare and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan, commented on the event: "The realization of the informatization and interoperability platform is an important step within the strategy of eHealth development of
the Republic of Kazakhstan. Electronic Health Record, which will be implemented on the platform base, will enable the provision of information support to the process of improving primary health care, providing the continuity of healthcare provision, and enhancing the quality of medical information, used for making clinical and healthcare policy decisions. On the basis of Electronic Health Record, a Patient's Portal will be created, which is an information tool for the patients inclusion into the process of taking care of their health, the realization of disease management program, and forming a healthy way of living."
Gordana Kovačević, President of Ericsson Nikola Tesla, commented on the contract: "We are happy for signing this very important contract in the propulsive eHealth segment. We will enable better healthcare services for the citizens of Kazakhstan and at the same time ensure savings and improve national healthcare system management. With this contract, we further confirm our leadership in the complex ICT solutions in eHealth business segment, as well as our strategic role in this area. This is a great opportunity which motivates us to contribute with our solutions, products and services, as well as with our innovative teams in such an important project. In this way, we will bring new quality and values in the healthcare system of the Republic of Kazakhstan."
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Ericsson Nikola Tesla, as an integral part of the Ericsson Group, supports the modern ways of communicating. The company's activities include marketing and sales, research and development, design of the total communications solution, services in the multi-service and mobile networks area including the mobile Internet and complex system integration in all business areas. The company provides innovative ICT solutions that constantly improve people's life and create new value. Shares of Ericsson Nikola Tesla are traded in the Regular Market of the Zagreb Stock Exchange under the stock exchange symbol ERNT-R-A.
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