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Vice President, Mahamudu Bawumia has introduced the National E-Health project, with the goal of modernizing healthcare provision in Ghana by moving patient records from paper to digital formats.
The innovative E-Health digital platform, the first in Africa, has been created with an emphasis on security, dependability, and accessibility.
The Ministry of Health is currently implementing it through the Lightwave Health Information Management System (LHIMS).
The app helps in developing a thorough electronic health record and patient management system by incorporating guidelines from Ghana’s Disease Surveillance Unit.
Patient records have been digitized in all teaching, regional, and district hospitals, and these facilities are now connected to allow easy electronic access to patient information between hospitals.
Patients referred from one hospital to another, no matter where they are located, will no longer need to bring their medical records with them to the new hospital.
Dr. Bawumia pointed out that the fourth industrial revolution has brought about substantial technological progress that has changed different industries, such as healthcare.
Nevertheless, he pointed out that numerous developing nations, such as Ghana, have historically faced challenges in taking full advantage of the opportunities brought by the digital revolution.
He stressed that this situation was evolving with the implementation of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government’s digitalization agenda for the last eight years.
Through the government’s resolve to change this narrative, I have spearheaded several initiatives aimed at leveraging digital technologies to enhance government service delivery, revenue mobilization, tackle corruption, and enhance financial inclusion and innovation in Ghana.
“Notable among some of these initiatives I’ve championed include the Ghana Card, the digital address system, the Ghana Post GPS, and mobile money interoperability.
“Additionally, I have championed the universal QR code payment system, the people-led support system, and the Ghana.gov e-services project,” Dr Bawumia added.
Dr. Bawumia outlined several key initiatives the government has implemented in the health sector, including the Ghana Card at Birth project, the national e-pharmacy platform, the digital renewal system for National Health Insurance subscribers, the Zipline drone-based medical delivery project, and the Lightwave Health Information Management System as part of the national e-health project.
He observed that in the past, Ghana had encountered obstacles like restricted and late entry to patient medical records, hurdles in shifting patient records among service locations, outdated isolated systems, problems with monitoring and handling revenue, manual submission of health insurance claims, and an absence of thorough data for informed decision-making in health administration at different levels.
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