Iran Press/Iran news: Delivering a speech on the inauguration ceremony of “telemedicine medical service”, the minister said that reducing the death toll among children, improving their growth curve and vaccination have been achieved after the Islamic Revolution.
He went on to say that improving education among women, family care, and using food supplements have also made changes in the health system of the county, after the Islamic revolution of Iran.
Namaki further highlighted to call today as a significant day in the history of the health system of Iran since giving service to patients, especially in remote points will be changed dramatically.
“In recent years, we have witnessed proper growth in quantity namely in the number of hospital bedding and doctors, and what we need today is growing in the quality of giving services to patients by a change in approach and point of view,” the minister added.
Namaki noted that to achieve the goal of quality growth, forming electronic documents for patients was the first step taken in this regard.
Forming electronic documents, helped the Iranian medical society in national plan to fight high blood pressure in which they could control 30,700,000 patients and screen 2,700,000 patients who did not even know about their high blood pressure, Namaki added.
The eclectic documents could benefit Iran in fighting the coronavirus pandemic too, he retreated.
Referring to the advantages of telemedicine medical service, the health minister said that patients can benefit specialists in remote areas, plus bilateral conversations between people and health officials to talk about their problems and giving their opinion.
Reducing people’s reference to hospitals is another advantage of this plan especially during the coronavirus pandemic, he added.
Saving patients and doctors’ time is another positive point of this plan, Namaki referred.
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