GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC—The Ministry of Well being has signed a US$3.3 million contract with RioMed Restricted, a UK firm, to develop and implement an Digital Well being Report (HER) system.
The contract was signed on the Ministry of Well being’s Workplace earlier this week by the Everlasting Secretary Malcolm Watkins and the Managing Director of RioMed, Mario Mohammed.
It was performed within the presence of Minister of Well being, Dr Frank Anthony, the Inter-American Growth Financial institution (IDB) Nation Consultant Lorena Solorzano Salazar, and the British Excessive Commissioner to Guyana, Jane Miller.
Anthony mentioned the IDB-funded challenge will considerably enhance sufferers’ entry to their well being information whereas addressing lots of the challenges within the current paper-based system.
“One of many issues we wish to do with this method is to guarantee that each single citizen of our nation would have a novel identifier, and with that distinctive identifier, after they come to the general public well being system, they’ll use that, they’ll entry their well being document, that may be performed at a really quick time as a result of proper now, regardless of our greatest effort via the guide document, we nonetheless have to go looking and generally all of the paper isn’t in a single place, anyone misplace it in some file, it turns into problematic, and anyone is sitting there, ready for hours generally, that’s what we wish to take away,” the Well being Minister defined.
As soon as carried out, sufferers may also make physician’s appointments by way of smartphones.
In accordance with the Well being Ministry, the legislative framework has already been established to safeguard affected person info, with stiff penalties for breach of data.
Healthcare professionals may be fined a minimal of US$20M for disclosing or sharing a affected person’s well being document, whereas firms can face penalties as excessive as $100M.
The Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) is piloting the challenge.
The hospital’s Chief Govt Officer (CEO), Robbie Rambarran, mentioned the challenge will enhance the standard and supply of affected person care.
“Implementing this EHR System will allow us to transition from a standard paper-based course of to a streamlined digital answer that empowers our clinicians, improves affected person outcomes, and enhances the general expertise for everybody who entrusts us with their care,” Rambarran mentioned.
It was defined that at Georgetown Hospital, there are separate information for the assorted clinics and departments, and the Digital Well being Report System would assist to streamline the hospital’s information, permitting for simpler entry to sufferers’ information.
The IDB Nation Consultant mentioned the “transformative challenge” is crucial to making sure that Toyanese have high-quality healthcare.
“The EHR implementation represents extra than simply an funding within the digital infrastructure system. It’s a new means of interacting inside the well being sector, inside the well being providers, how we are able to present higher providers to the individuals,” the IDB Nation Consultant mentioned.
She mentioned the IDB is cognizant of the significance of getting the well being techniques work in unison on the major degree proper as much as the nationwide degree whereas maximizing the environment friendly use of obtainable sources and offering the mandatory healthcare all through the ten Administrative Areas.
The Managing Director of RioMed Restricted, Mario Mohammed, defined that via the challenge, RioMed intends to enhance the standard, security, and effectivity of healthcare supply in Guyana.
He mentioned the system augurs effectively for each sufferers and the healthcare system. He mentioned RioMed is dedicated to efficiently finishing and implementing the EHR System.
The challenge is predicted to be developed and carried out inside 18 months.
