WILLEMSTAD – Curaçao will invest XCG 3 million in 2027 to begin building a more integrated digital healthcare system while strengthening cybersecurity and protection of patients’ medical information.
The project is a new initiative scheduled to begin in January 2027 and continue through 2028 and 2029.
According to the 2027 Budget Memorandum, Curaçao’s current healthcare information system is fragmented, with medical information distributed among different institutions and computer systems. This limits the safe and efficient exchange of information between healthcare providers.
The government says the fragmentation makes integrated patient care more difficult and limits the ability of policymakers to use health data for monitoring and decision-making.
At the same time, increasing digitalization has created greater risks of data leaks, cyberattacks and disruptions to critical healthcare systems because Curaçao does not yet have a uniform cybersecurity and medical-data framework.
The XCG 3 million allocation will be used to develop cybersecurity and medical-data protection policies, strengthen infrastructure for secure exchange of information between healthcare institutions and establish the basic architecture for Population Health Management.
The government also wants to improve epidemiological and public-health surveillance and prepare a legal and organizational framework governing cybersecurity and medical information.
One of the longer-term objectives is the development of more uniform electronic patient records throughout Curaçao’s healthcare sector.
The government acknowledges several risks, including cyber incidents, insufficient participation by healthcare institutions, incompatibility between existing systems and shortages of specialized personnel.
The project forms part of a broader effort to modernize Curaçao’s healthcare system and shift toward more data-driven health policy.