As the implementation lead of eKarton (EHR) healthcare platform for the Serbian Ministry of Health, NITES Group is proud to announce that the system has officially entered the pilot stage, marking another significant step toward the full digital integration of the public healthcare system.
The centralized eKarton platform is as a consolidated overview of a patient’s core medical documentation, bringing together all health data relevant to an individual’s long-term medical condition. Information is sourced primarily from healthcare institutions, as well as other key central sysems (such as radiology, laboratory repository, precription, death certificates, etc.).
Designed for healthcare professionals and patients, the system integrates healthcare data across institutions and make it accessible in a clear and concise format during patient care.
All medical data stored within the central eKarton system is pseudoanonymised with a higher level of personal data security than ever achieved before.
The eKarton platform provides healthcare professionals with access to extensive medical information drawn from central registries and external health information systems, including:
- Current medical condition and blood type
- Diagnoses and family medical history
- Medical history and surgical procedures
- Medications and therapies
- Medical implants, disabilities, and impairments
- Immunization records
- Allergies
- Radiology images and medical reports
- Laboratory results
- Diagnoses and procedures grouped by treatment episodes
- Patient referrals and related documentation
- Dental records
As of February 20, the pilot stage has gone live in four healthcare institutions in Zaječar, Kragujevac and Gornji Milanovac. So far, historical medical records for the last six months have been migrated, while real-time data is now being continuously transmitted.
In the first 7 days, the central eKarton system has received 2,167,998 electronic medical records and 568,859 dispensed ePrescriptions.
As patients’ EHRs are automatically generated based on data entries from healthcare institutions and central registries – triggering enrichment of administrative data – the system has already formed 469,570 individual citizen records.
These records currently contain visible data from pilot institutions and participating central registries, including information generated in recent months as well as ongoing real-time updates.