SIHCE — Peru's Electronic Health Record Information System

What Is SIHCE?

SIHCE (Sistema de Información de Historia Clínica Electrónica) is the official electronic health record information system mandated by Peru's Ministry of Health (MINSA) through a Ministerial Resolution. It establishes the standards and requirements for digital management of clinical records across all healthcare facilities in the country, aiming to replace paper-based documentation with standardized electronic systems.

SIHCE is a cornerstone of Peru's national digital health transformation strategy. Every healthcare facility — public and private — must implement systems that comply with SIHCE standards. This includes generating specific data formats, regulatory reports, and the ability to exchange patient information with RENHICE, Peru's national electronic health record registry.

Beyond regulatory compliance, SIHCE adoption represents a significant opportunity to improve care quality, reduce medical errors, and enable continuity of care across Peru's tiered healthcare system, from primary care posts to specialized hospitals.

Why It Matters in Healthcare

• Legal mandate: MINSA requires all healthcare facilities in Peru to implement SIHCE-compliant systems, making it a non-negotiable regulatory obligation.
• Data standardization: SIHCE defines uniform formats and structures for clinical data, enabling national-level epidemiological analysis and benchmarking.
• Interoperability enablement: It facilitates clinical data exchange between facilities at different care levels by connecting to the RENHICE national registry.
• Care quality improvement: Eliminates transcription errors, duplicate records, and information loss that are common with paper-based systems.
• Audit trail and traceability: Generates complete records of every clinical interaction, supporting medical audits and quality compliance.

How Davix Relates to SIHCE

• Built-in regulatory compliance: Davix HIS is designed to generate the data formats and reports required by SIHCE, ensuring facilities meet current MINSA regulations out of the box.
• Automated regulatory reporting: The system automatically produces SIHCE-required reports, eliminating the administrative burden of manual compilation.
• RENHICE connectivity: Davix HIS enables secure connection with Peru's National Electronic Health Record Registry for patient data exchange across facilities.
• Cloud-native multi-site architecture: As a cloud-native system, Davix can deploy SIHCE compliance across multiple facility locations from a centralized platform.
• Continuous regulatory updates: The Davix team actively monitors MINSA regulatory changes to keep the system aligned with the latest SIHCE requirements.

For healthcare facilities in Peru that need efficient and frictionless SIHCE compliance, Davix HIS is purpose-built for the Latin American regulatory landscape.