The Ministry of Health has officially issued the latest regulation regarding guidelines for periodic health check-ups for children under six years old. This strategic step was taken to optimize the monitoring of child growth and development from an early age in a more comprehensive and structured manner at the primary healthcare level.
Based on the new guidelines, community health units at the sub-district or community level hold the main responsibility for coordinating the check-ups. All medical personnel involved are required to undergo specialized training to ensure service standardization across government, private, and mobile health facilities.
One crucial point in this new rule is the requirement to fill out the Periodic Health Examination Form in detail. Medical staff are required to document the mother's health history during pregnancy, the child's birth history, and conduct an in-depth evaluation of the child's motor and mental development. Specifically, these guidelines also add an early screening instrument for autism risk in toddlers aged 16 to 30 months.
If any indications of developmental abnormalities or symptoms of certain diseases are found, doctors are required to provide education and rapid referrals to advanced health facilities. This early intervention step is expected to minimize long-term impacts on the child's growth and development.
All examination results will later be directly integrated into the electronic medical record system. This periodic health data will subsequently be synchronized with the national health insurance database to facilitate the health insurance claim process and monitor service quality in real-time.
