E-health of Belarus: current state and perspective

Abstract

The article is based on the report at the 2nd Congress of scientists of the Republic of Belarus. It considers the issues of national e-health and briefly reviews the market of information technologies for healthcare, the role of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus in the informatization of healthcare, and the economic and social aspects of informatization. The article reviews current state of e-health in Belarus and perspective direction of e-health development in Belarus to provide a common information area for the healthcare by creating a centralized health information system by integration approach based on international standards HL7 FHIR, DICOM and others.