mySaúde Azores app and portal now accessible to the entire population
Velas
Secretaria Regional da Saúde e Segurança Social
The first features of mySaúdeAçores are now available to all users in the Autonomous Region of the Azores.
The Regional Secretary for Health and Social Security, Mónica Seidi, presented today the first features of mySaúde Açores to the entire population, following the end of the testing phase in December.
The project includes a mobile phone application and a portal accessible to all users. It is part of the Digital Hospital, an initiative funded under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP).
In this first phase, mySaúde Açores is aimed at Primary Health Care and provides easy access to user data at any time and place. Users can request and book appointments and have the possibility of a teleconsultation, avoiding unnecessary trips to health centres.
The project was launched today in Velas, a choice that was not coincidental, explained Mónica Seidi.
"It was essential to launch it on an island without a hospital, where health centres are the first point of contact for users, as, in this first phase, this is where our focus is. We are focused on Primary Health Care. This will simplify access to scheduling consultations as well as accessing personal data and teleconsultations, bringing comfort to users as they will no longer have to leave their home while reinforcing proximity care," she stressed.
This is a dynamic project that will bring new features over time. It can be accessed by mobile phone, downloading the mySaúde Açores application via the AppStore (iOS) or PlayStore (Android), or from a computer via the mysaude.azores.gov.pt address.
Registration is completed by entering the health user and mobile phone numbers associated with the process. After receiving confirmation that the account has been validated, users will have access to its first features and the updates to be introduced over time.
The Regional Secretary for Health also highlighted the "possibility to have more than one user associated with the telephone number to manage consultations for parents, grandparents, children or anyone else" in the users' care.
In aggregating data from regional public health units, allowing access for both users and health professionals, mySaúde Açores creates a network that minimises the impact of the geographical dispersion of the archipelago. It also brings together the Regional Health Service into a more efficient unit capable of communicating amongst itself.
According to Mónica Seidi, the launch of the first phase of mySaúdeAçores "is a decisive moment in the implementation" of a pioneering project in the Region.
This project, developed with the Siemens Healthineers partnership, is part of a wide-ranging plan to modernise the Regional Health Service, comprising several phases. It is mainly intended to connect the Health Units of the nine islands, their professionals and users, ‘’promoting equality, proximity and efficiency in health care provision."
