Morocco’s government has adopted a bill creating an integrated national health information system, a step officials describe as a strategic turning point in modernizing the kingdom’s healthcare sector. The bill also creates a unique national health identifier for every patient, enabling continuous tracking of an individual’s care across prevention, treatment and rehabilitation. A shared medical record will centralize each patient’s identity, administrative data and complete medical history, with the law requiring all health professionals and institutions, public and private alike, to feed this record at every consultation or medical procedure. Every access to the record will be logged through a dedicated electronic portal to prevent misuse and ensure full traceability, L’Economiste daily explained. Beyond the technical architecture, officials say centralizing and standardizing health data should improve care coordination, reduce duplicate tests and treatments, and help control healthcare costs, while giving government authorities more reliable data to guide public health policy.