Skopje, 11 July 2024 (MIA) – Directors of the Health Insurance Fund (HIIF) Sasho Klekovski and Branko Adzigogov met Thursday with representatives from the Association of Private General Practitioners (GPs), Lidija Cholakova Dervishova and Mevljudin Kuc, discussing solving the issues doctors in this country face.

Digitization can reduce bureaucracy and possible misuse, the Health Insurance Fund (HIF) said in a press release.

"Private Health Institutions are the backbone of primary healthcare, and they establish the first contact between citizens and healthcare workers. Their efficiency depends on good working conditions, meaning, above all, reducing bureaucracy that is currently rampant. HIF's plan is to significantly improve digitization thus drastically reducing bureaucracy, and facilitating a quicker flow of information between healthcare institutions. Digitization will reduce bureaucracy and the possibility of abuse, but also improve patient service," Sasho Klekovski stressed.

Interlocutors constituted that only through dialogue, open talks, two-way communication can all problems in the interest of doctors and patients can be solved.

"Finally, we will need to solve accumulated issues, such as requirements to regulate the relations between private health institutions and GPs, increase capitalization, amend punitive policies- abolishing disincentives and penalties by cutting employees' salaries. The Association of Private General Practitioners requested that chronically ill patients not be redirected to resident doctors, but for GPs to assign their diagnosis during the heatwave. The Ministry of Health was immediately informed about the requests," the press release reads. ssh/ba/

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