The topic of the moment is “Open Health”! After the implementation and success of “Open Banking”, a system created by the Central Bank that regulates the transmission of data between financial service providers and allows customers to offer personalized services.

The proposal of the Open Health is similar: creating a consumer and patient health data exchange model between companies providing services in the area, which would allow the generation of numerous benefits and impacts for everyone involved.

Among the objectives that underlie the creation of the proposal, it is possible to mention one greater agility in emergency queues, greater practicality in carrying out consultations and procedures, greater competition in the supplementary health sector and still, greater protection for patients during urgent and emergency care.

Despite these benefits mentioned, among others, several debates between experts on the subject were raised and, we at Blog SAUDI, brought in this post the main impacts and benefits expected for the health plan operators, service providers, SUS and, mainly, for the patients, if the proposal is implemented.

Check it out until the end!

Impacts of Open Health for the healthcare sector

Health plan operators

With the creation of this national registry of data on patients and indicators on supplementary health, one of the expected consequences is the increased competition between health plan operators.

This tends to occur as the transfer of beneficiaries between companies will become more agile with the implementation of “Open Health”.

Sharing electronic health records will make obtaining the beneficiary's history of pre-existing illnesses faster and no longer within the current 90-day period.

This will then lead to a shorter portability period between operators and a more accessible and uncomplicated form of transfer between health plans, favoring competition between companies.

On the other hand, for the benefit of operators, “Open Health” will make access to customer information easier and allow operators to check all electronic health records that the patient allows with greater security and reliability.

It is worth highlighting that the General Data Protection Law (LGPD) prohibits operators from using sensitive health-related data to select risks when hiring and excluding beneficiaries. We talk about LGPD here on our blog.

Service providers

For service providers, the implementation of “Open Health” will make work easier because the patient history can be accessed electronically via token or similar technology.

Thus, test results, images, previous prescriptions and procedure records, for example, can be accessed and help doctors understand the patient's context.

Emergency queues will also be more agile as some screenings will no longer be necessary with the sharing of data.

Common more optimized process, providers will be able to reduce their organization's costs by improving patient assessment steps that are no longer necessary to obtain information, according to the organization's assessment.

Finally, there may also be a greater transfer of patients between providers since, with the secure availability of data, patients will be able to look for providers that favor greater care for their needs.

SUS

“Open Health” aims to work both in private care and through health plans, as we have already said, as well as in the SUS, Unified Health System.

Regarding the security of shared data, the initiative provides for a strengthening the public system so that users’ personal data can be protected against leaks or misuse of information.

With this consolidation, the tendency is for the service provided by the SUS may improve its quality among the population and the experience offered by health professionals can also be more satisfactory.

Procedures can also become more agile and assertive with the interchangeability of data, as the patient's history will be available electronically while they are being carried out.

Patients

Finally, in relation to patients, “Open Health” can directly benefit users who wish to share their data in this system.

It will not be necessary to take exams, reports or records of previous procedures when carrying out a new procedure.

When there is an accident and the use of medication is necessary, the care team will be able to identify allergies through these electronic medical records quickly and easily.

Furthermore, the time to carry out the procedures may be shorter as the information is available in a more accessible way for professionals.

Furthermore, with this sharing of information, “Open Health” will allow exchanges between providers, both health plan operators and public and private health systems, with greater ease than currently.

The patient can be treated at any health unit in the country, according to their current needs.

It is worth mentioning that, as the owner of the data, the patient will be the one who will decide whether they want to share their data between organizations and can, at any time, seek the guarantee that their data is confidential and safe, even with the connection between the organizations' systems.

The consumer will be able to see a more consistent value delivery offered by institutions thanks to the proposal offered by “Open Health”.

Prepare your operator with SAUDI

“Open Health” is still a government proposal and does not have a deadline for implementation yet, as several points need to be discussed for it to be validated and put into practice.

However, despite this being a long journey of digital transformation, it is a great opportunity for the healthcare system in Brazil, public and private, to improve thanks to the use of qualified and integrated technology.

Be visionary, start your digital transformation journey now, talk to a SAUDI specialist to understand how a medical audit system helps health plan operators effectively and transparently in managing care processes and costs.

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