NHSO extends new services during the Covid-19 crisis, moving forward with “Sending Medicines to Patients by Mail”, revealing that in 2022, 550,000 medicines were delivered to patients, mostly medicines for high blood pressure and diabetes. HIV, Asthma and COPD are the most common, open data Suan Saranrom Hospital Surat Thani Province, Phan Hospital, Chiang Rai Province, Derm Bang Nang Buat Hospital, Chaiyaphum Hospital, and Sakon Nakhon Hospital joined the delivery of medicines to patients via mail to the top 5 patients, ready to continue to support the service continuously. Supporting the new era of service provisioning
Nov 6, 2022 The NHSO media team informed the news that Dr. Jadet Thammathatchaari, secretary-general of the National Health Security Office (NHSO), said that the service of delivering medicines to patients by mail It’s one of the policies upgrading. “Providing a new lifestyle” (New Normal) in the national health insurance system or “30 baht gold card” which occurred in 2020 during the crisis of the epidemic situation of COVID-19. To reduce the risk of getting infected with patients and reduce the spread of the disease, the NHSO has allocated a budget to support the operation and together with Thailand Post Co., Ltd. to set up a delivery system for medicines and medical supplies to be at hand. patient fast ready to receive cooperation from the service unit
Over the past two years, the policy for delivering medicines to patients by mail has been well received. both from the patient and the service unit itself In addition to reducing the waiting time to receive medicines for patients It also reduces the congestion of patients in the hospital. Including the establishment of a comprehensive medical service system in a new way of life such as organizing a telemedicine service system (Telemedicine) with the delivery of medicines and medical supplies to patients. especially patients with chronic diseases that require continuous medication
Dr. Jadet said that from reporting service information via the NHSO Dashboard from fiscal year 2021-2022, in the past 2 years, there are 265 hospitals participating in delivering medicines to patients by mail. There are 729,964 patients receiving services or 1,249,415 times, amounting to 62,445,356 baht.
However, for the latest fiscal year 2022, there are 219 hospitals participating in the delivery of medicines to patients by mail, with 291,305 patients receiving services or 549,092 times, totaling a budget of 27,429,776 baht. The top 10 postal patients by disease group were 66,936 hypertension patients, 35,555 diabetes cases, 12,479 HIV cases, 7,310 asthma cases, 5,568 COPD cases, 5,568 cases of enlarged prostate, 4,499 cases of ADHD, 4,281 cases of epilepsy. 4,234 heart disease cases and 3,538 chronic psychiatric cases.
The five provinces that provided the most drug delivery services to patients by mail were Chiang Rai 107,531 cases, Bangkok 104,614 cases, Surat Thani 68,414 cases, Chiang Mai 68,235 cases and Buriram 49,559 cases. The top 5 is Suan Saranrom Hospital. Surat Thani Province 33,285 times, caring for 7,319 patients, Phan Hospital, Chiang Rai Province 30,001 times, caring for 14,610 patients, Deem Bang Nang Buat Hospital, Suphanburi Province 18,845, caring for 6,638 patients, Chaiyaphum Hospital 17,589 times, caring for 8,165 patients, and Sakon Nakhon Hospital 17,101 times, taking care of 7,140 patients
In the fiscal year 2023, Dr. Jadet said that NHSO continues to support the delivery of medicines to patients by mail continuously. because it is a service that is directly beneficial to the patient support a new lifestyle In an era where communication has progressed including the transportation system So patients do not have to travel long distances that cost time and money. but can access the service Received quality and standard care
“Service of delivering medicines to patients by mail Even though it is an emergency service that occurs during the epidemic But with the benefits to patients, NHSO leads to further development and development of a service system that increases the convenience of accessing services to patients. Ready to support the service system arrangement that corresponds to the new lifestyle, New Normal, and with the number of services more than 5 hundred thousand times per year That means reducing travel time and costs for patients. including reducing congestion in hospitals,” said the NHSO secretary general.