Management Strategies On Digitalization In The Health Field

This article presents the analysis of the current state of digitalization in the public health field, more precisely in school medicine in Bucharest, the impact and consequences for the daily activity of medical staff on one hand and to the decisions maker on the other hand and also the steps undertaken to optimize the process by digitalizing the medical assistance in public schools in Bucharest. This analysis was the starting point for an active involvement in the digitization of school medicine practices and implicitly their alignment with European standards. The purpose of this article is to highlight a macro-level management perspective in the digital era. Digital evolution is absolutely necessary and natural in adapting the system to current requirements, the need to have access to important health data at all times being for the benefit of all stakeholders. Another important factor that led to the digitalization of the school medicine network was the crisis generated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which taught us to adapt and move from lost hours for a medical consultation and paper prescriptions to online consultations. Analyzing the imposed situation, we chose to take a major step towards progress, capitalizing on the time of medical staff and patients and the time at management level to properly adapt and implement medium- and long-term decisions.