{"id":71089,"date":"2025-04-17T17:01:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T12:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=71089"},"modified":"2025-04-17T17:01:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T12:01:58","slug":"pakistan-launches-one-patient-one-id-project-for-unified-health-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/health\/pakistan-launches-one-patient-one-id-project-for-unified-health-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan launches \u2018One Patient, One ID\u2019 project for unified health records"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services has teamed<\/span> up<\/span> with<\/span> the National Database and Registration Authority<\/a> (NADRA) to launch the “One Patient, One ID” project\u00a0to create a single\u00a0medical record system.<\/p>\n

Under the<\/span> project<\/span>, the<\/span> patient’s Computerised National Identity Card<\/a> (CNIC) number will become<\/span> the<\/span> patient<\/span>‘<\/span>s<\/span> uniquely<\/span> identifiable<\/span> Medical Record (MR) number, to<\/span> access patient records through<\/span> Pakistan<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The<\/span> health database will provide<\/span> the<\/span> central<\/span> health<\/span> data<\/span> to<\/span> improve<\/span> the delivery of<\/span> health<\/span> services<\/span> throughout<\/span> Pakistan<\/span>\u00a0and make<\/span> treatment more precise<\/span> and timely<\/span>.<\/p>\n

In<\/span> addressing<\/span> the<\/span> press<\/span>,<\/span> Federal Health Minister Dr. Mustafa Kamal stated<\/span> that<\/span> there<\/span> is<\/span> no<\/span> country-level\u00a0system<\/span> in<\/span> Pakistan<\/span> to track all<\/span> patients’ and<\/span> all<\/span> medical history information<\/span> in an<\/span> organized<\/span> manner<\/span>;<\/span> therefore,<\/span> Nadra<\/span> had<\/span> the<\/span> largest<\/span> data<\/span> repository<\/span> built<\/span> in<\/span> Pakistan.<\/p>\n

Nadra would<\/span> be<\/span> one<\/span> of<\/span> if<\/span> not<\/span> the<\/span> largest, municipal<\/span> data depositories<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> world<\/span>.<\/span> Therefore<\/span>, Dr<\/span>.<\/span> Kamal<\/span> informed<\/span> the press<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> change<\/span> will<\/span> revolutionize healthcare in<\/span> Pakistan<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dr<\/span>.<\/span> Kamal<\/span> discussed<\/span> future<\/span> plans at<\/span> the<\/span> Ministry<\/span> of<\/span> National<\/span> Health<\/span> Services<\/span> for<\/span> supporting<\/span> the<\/span> health<\/span> agenda<\/span> and<\/span> supporting<\/span> the<\/span> people<\/span> of<\/span> Pakistan<\/span> by<\/span> offering<\/span> health<\/span> care<\/span> virtually<\/span>.<\/span> He<\/span> stated<\/span> people<\/span> would<\/span> soon<\/span> get<\/span> doctors and even<\/span> medicines delivered<\/span> to their<\/span> doorstep<\/span>.<\/p>\n

The<\/span> movement<\/span> towards digital health is timely and needed<\/span> as<\/span> the existing<\/span> system<\/span> is<\/span> under<\/span> stress<\/span>. Dr. Kamal noted that 70% of patients versus<\/span> local health units that<\/span> treat<\/span> patients<\/span>,<\/span> instead<\/span> of\u00a0coming<\/span> to<\/span> major hospitals.<\/span><\/p>\n

This<\/span> creates<\/span> stress<\/span> for<\/span> urban hospital<\/span> facilities. With<\/span> digital tools, the healthcare system can become more efficient<\/span>, more<\/span> equitable,<\/span> and more<\/span> sustainable.<\/p>\n

Pakistan has already created<\/span> significant advances<\/span> in the<\/span> health<\/span> technology space<\/span>, including electronic patient<\/span> records and telehealth<\/span> services, with companies like Fitwell Hub emerging<\/span> as<\/span> leaders<\/span> for<\/span> integrating<\/span> AI in<\/span> healthcare<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of National Health Services has teamed up with the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) to launch the “One Patient, One ID” project\u00a0to create a single\u00a0medical record system. Under the project, the patient’s Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC) number will become the patient‘s uniquely identifiable Medical Record (MR) number, to access patient […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":71090,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[825,27931,27932],"class_list":["post-71089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-national-database-and-registration-authority","tag-health-services-in-pakistan","tag-one-patient-one-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71089"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71091,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71089\/revisions\/71091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}