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LASG to leverage technology to plug gaps in healthcare delivery

Sanwo-Olu-eHealth Information

Lagos State Government has said it would leverage the eHealth Information technology to plug the gaps in healthcare delivery in the state.

The eHealth Information technology will enable the collation of all relevant data from all hospitals in the state through a single source to ensure proper and effective planning of precision healthcare for residents in Lagos.

Babajide Sanwo-Olu , Governor of Lagos State has said that the State government will deploy technology to aid precision, faster and smarter healthcare services in all healthcare facilities as a means of achieving its health and environment mandate.

The Governor who was represented by Obafemi Hamzat his deputy said this while declaring open a 3-day Smart Health Technical Symposium on e-Health themed “Lagos State Smart Health Information Platform, SHIP” stressed that the present administration is prepared to leverage on technology to improve health care delivery in the state.

He said that the present administration is currently working on a 3000km of fiber optic network which allows accessible networks to all hospitals and public agencies, noting that the development of eHealth makes it possible to have a single source of truth with a solid database which makes planning effective.

“It is important for us to establish and strengthen our health information platform as this will positively impact on our various health care system, health financing through our universal health coverage, biosecurity, biosafety which will also lead to employment opportunities while opening doors for international collaboration”, the Governor said.

Also speaking, Akin Abayomi, commissioner for Health said the conference on eHealth is geared towards strengthening the Smart Health Information Platform (SHIP) of the State which would further strengthen the State’s one healthcare record policy.

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“The advantages of SHIP to include precision medicine, accelerated human resource development, quality assurance, standardize the exchange of information and optimize operating procedures adding that SHIP is in furtherance of the efforts to ensure efficient and effective healthcare delivery in Lagos State,” he said.

Abayomi explained that the Lagos State smart health strategy will improve efficiency, reduce wastage of scarce resources, improve income generation, drive the economy, accelerate human resource development, create global virtual health hub and prepare the State to enter the digital age of precision medicine.

“We are trying to up the game; it is a matter of making what we have done more and cover more people. So a good and working digital health platform makes the health system run faster, make it more efficient and remove the delay that may arise from patient referral and transfer between health facilities,” he said.

The Commissioner noted that one Lagos-One Health digital strategy will be owned by Lagos and partners will help deliver a road map, global benchmark standards, a business model, a technical working group, timelines to prototype and Income Generating strategies.

 

ANTHONIA OBOKOH