Digitalization of the Health Care System in the Slovak Republic

Abstract

In medicine, an intelligent data and communication environment should support diagnosis, prevention and treatment, as well as health care management and influencing a healthy lifestyle. The introduction of the eHealth system into practice is a demanding process, the eHealth system implies obligations for healthcare workers. Many criticize the failure of this project, doctors complain about its malfunction and complexity, patients worry about the safety of their health data. Under the conditions of the Slovak Republic, there is a threat of fines for doctors who do not yet use eHealth. Indeed, many of them, despite their efforts, are unable to join the system, and the state itself has a share of the blame, tolerates this procedure quietly and obscures it with impunity. But the law must be respected.