Developing the Lebanese health sector by implementing the electronic health record

Abstract

After assessing the readiness of the Lebanese health sector for digitized solution and getting the necessary data, advices, concerns and feedback, a Lebanese model has been proposed that takes all related opinions into account, in addition to the technical issues that could affect the implementation of the solution. The lack of unique identifier for Lebanese citi-zens is a common problem that is hindering any digital solution. This can be overcome by using the national identity number as a unique identifier, and create a health identifier for those who don’t have an ID.