COVID-19 screening module | Public Institutions

This compendium, prepared by the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), aims to capture emerging trends in digital responses of UN Member States against the COVID-19 pandemic along with other digital government initiatives and provide a preliminary analysis of their main features. These cases are shared for exchange of information so that Member States can learn from each other and possibly create new partnerships.

Using the COVID-19 online screening module, general practitioners can schedule e-referrals for COVID-19 testing. The doctor is entering the patient answers from the epidemiological questionnaires prepared by the National Commission on Communicable Diseases in the National System for Electronic Health Records Moj Termin. The system uses an algorithm and is based on the answers it is automatically creating the e-referral. The system then sends an SMS to the patient with the date, time and place of the scheduled testing. Through the integrated system, the doctor who issued the e-referral receives the result of the test in real time.

Country

North Macedonia

Institution

Ministry of Health, eHealth Directorate