Health and the access to medical services are key factors in the functioning of a sustainable society. In order to provide access to medical and health services, in the conditions of digitalization and implementation of ITC technologies, it is necessary to innovate and achieve synergies between digital and medical technologies. Digitization, innovation and research should be complementary fields that represent the engines of a modern digital economy. In this context, the main objective of this paper is to perform an analysis on the online medical systems, both nationally and internationally. This analysis aims to identify the technologies and tools for information and prevention, existing ICT products in the medical field and online medical platforms from Romania and abroad. The main aspects identified in the analysis will represent the premises for designing an innovative online platform, which will aim to increase the visibility of scientific information, facilitate access to medical materials and provide personalized digital medical services, created by members of the innovative cluster network „For Health Dunarea de Jos”, existing in the South-East region of Romania.

The Health Information System is widely used in healthcare contexts and has improved the performance, state, and effectiveness of health services and the overall patient well-being. Following the reform of the Romanian health system, and the context created by the COVID-19 context, there is an increased demand for such platforms. In order to strengthen the Primary Health Care system, there is a need to design new services performed with the assistance of information technologies that can reduce the costs and increase the quality of the health care services. This study provides relevant information about (1) the planning and development of the health information system, (2) the needed hardware architecture, (3) the usability and design standards for health information systems, (4) the testing and validation in the local market, (5) the integration of all requirements resulting from the system testing and (6) the continuous integrations and updates. All the information obtained during the planning stage is based on previous research regarding the analysis of existing national and international online medical systems.