The Digital Assistant for Doctors, the first artificial intelligence application introduced in Greece’s healthcare sector, became available to doctors on 30 October. Its aim is to provide healthcare professionals with direct and comprehensive access to patient information, saving time, reducing administrative burdens, improving care coordination and supporting clinical decision-making.
The new innovative tool is part of the National Electronic Health Record (EHFY) and has been developed through cooperation between the Ministries of Health and Digital Governance, with the involvement of IDIKA S.A.
Doctors can access the Digital Assistant through the myHealthDoc platform, where they can retrieve information from patients’ records and receive personalised insights through rapid analysis of medical histories, test results, medication records and other clinical information.
More specifically, doctors can interact with the Digital Assistant using natural language or select questions from a predefined list, such as: “Which medications has the patient received over the past three months?”, “Which vaccinations has the patient received to date?” and “Show me a summary of the patient’s medical history.” The tool also suggests relevant queries and supports voice interaction.
The Digital Assistant for Citizens is also expected to be launched soon, providing citizens with easy, personalised and secure access to healthcare services and their personal health data.
The launch of the Digital Assistant for Doctors marks a new era for the National Health System. It gives doctors direct access to patients’ medical histories, reduces waiting times and supports diagnosis and treatment. Our goal is to make public healthcare more efficient and people-centred. In approximately one month, we will be able to present the Digital Assistant for Citizens, enabling all our fellow citizens to access healthcare services and their personal data easily and securely. Healthcare is entering a new digital era – one that is accessible to everyone.
Minister of Health Adonis Georgiadis
Technology, when properly designed, makes everyone’s lives easier, and this is precisely what we aim to achieve with the Digital Assistant for Doctors. For the first time, we are introducing artificial intelligence into the National Health System to provide meaningful support to doctors in their daily work, reduce administrative burdens and improve the quality of care. This is another important step in the broader digital transformation of healthcare, which we are implementing in cooperation with the Ministry of Health through our agency, IDIKA. The Digital Assistant for Citizens will follow soon. We are moving towards a smarter, more interconnected and more human-centred healthcare system for the benefit of everyone.
Minister of Digital Governance Dimitris Papastergiou:
