Abstract
A series of research projects to develop a model of the information technology system to provide a service of diabetes and hypertension in the primary healthcare system in Thailand has an operational plan for 3 years. In this first year, the study is divided into 2 parts. The first is studying the situation and the need for health information to provide a service for diabetes and hypertension patients/risk groups. Another is developing a model of the information technology system by using standard health information and connecting such information between primary care units and community hospitals in a specific area where there is good data management. The team studied the need for the information on diabetes and hypertension from different groups namely family physicians, patients/risk groups, policy makers and technical officers, and found that they all required the same kind of information including medical records, a display in the form of a time series to reflect and analyze the patients’ behaviors, as well as an effective data transmission system between primary care units and community hospitals which is essential to long-term care and treatment. The team also developed the information technology system model to provide a health service in Kamphaeng Phet Hospital and its primary care units using HL7 FHIR. The program was used to set a standard of data for the users to be able to exchange and access the patients’ information while the patients can also reach their own health records from different places.
