The social security organization of Tehran province has pressured the laboratories of Tehran province to stop cooperation with digital health platforms, therefore the head of the computer trade union organization protested this action of the social security organization in a letter to the scientific vice president.
According to Iran digital economy annotation, according to the activists of this field, the bill handling and control department of the Social Security Organization of Tehran province has asked the laboratories to sign a commitment to stop cooperation with digital health businesses, otherwise they will face heavy fines up to almost 20 thousand dollars.
The head of the country’s computer trade union system has protested in a letter to the vice president of science and technology against the termination of cooperation between laboratories and digital health businesses.
In the letter of Ali Hakim Javadi to Hossein Afshin, it is mentioned that the regulation of business activities in the field of digital health based on the approval letter of the Council of Ministers was drawn up. In his letter, he mentioned that the representative of the Social Security Organization was also present in these meetings, and despite this, no communication and coordination was established with private organizations related to the area to make this decision.
In the letter, Hakim Javadi explicitly asked the Vice President for Science and Technology to stop this action of the Social Security Organization as soon as possible.
This letter states: “Digital health businesses are operating with the aim of creating more access, reducing service costs, increasing quality and developing social justice, and will play a significant role in the future of the country’s health system.”
He emphasized: “Unfortunately, coercive and threatening actions will not only discourage the activists in this field, but will also prevent attracting new investments in this sector.”
update: Social security pressured labs to disconnect from digital health platforms
In another letter to the vice president of science and technology, the e-commerce association also sent a letter to the vice president for science and technology regarding the summoning of a number of laboratories cooperating with digital health businesses by the bill handling and control department of the social security insurance organization of Tehran province and applying pressure and threatening to pay heavy fines for They protested the termination of cooperation with platforms.
In this letter, Nima Ghazi, as the head of the Tehran Electronic Commerce Association, has asked the guardians of the health sector to act on a legal basis, and they have asked the Vice President for Science and Technology, Hossein Afshin, to show special sensitivity to this issue and to urgently Take the necessary measures to quickly stop this approach from the social security organization.
In this letter, the measures taken to regulate the activities of digital health platforms are mentioned and it is stated: ” In view of the fact that the representative of the Social Security Organization, in the course of the approval of the Council of Ministers on June 25, 2022, regarding the support of digital health businesses and the design of the article 22 of this charter are present; This question is raised, why is the path of dialogue never adopted and why are we facing arbitrary and unannounced actions from this organization towards digital health businesses?
In its letter, the e-commerce association has raised the question that this part of the social security organization based on which law sends the message to the laboratories not to cooperate with the platforms in the health field and what happened or an unsolvable problem that a new approach by this Is the organization adopted?
This letter states: ” The field of health is a very sensitive field for people. In an environment where digital health businesses are trying to reduce costs and increase the quality of treatment services and increase people’s access to these services; Exercising pressures that do not have a legal basis will only damage the rights of online businesses, laboratories and users. This atmosphere of intimidation and threats has taken place, how is it going to be resolved and how should the security of activities in this sensitive area be ensured?”
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