National Health Identifier tracks progress and cuts costs
The Ministry of Health in Tunisia is preparing to launch the national citizen health portal "Sahetna.tn," a unified and secure digital platform that allows citizens to track their health journey, manage medical appointments, and access their personal health records as well as those of their children. Additionally, it includes school and university health files. Since June, pilot experiments have been conducted at Ribat Hospital in Tunis, where the patient's health record has been unified through the national health identifier. This prevents duplicate tests and reduces additional costs. Another experiment took place at Monji Sliim Hospital in El Menzah to digitize birth permits; since June, 202 births have been registered and linked to the national system, aiming to automatically register newborns from birth and connect them to other national databases. These efforts aim to expand such platforms to the private sector to facilitate digital health services, while ensuring the protection of personal data and digitizing medical records—thus enhancing the continuity and quality of healthcare services for Tunisians and resident foreigners.
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