Our health sector will be digitized soon - Health Minister

The Minister for Health, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, says plans are underway by government to link all health facilities across the country to a paperless system.

According to the minister, patients’ records and history will be unified under a single digital database, which can be accessed by any hospital that a patient visits

This, he said will boost the boost healthcare delivery in the country.

Kwaku Agyeman-Manu mentioned this when he launched the digital platform of the Health Facilities Regulatory Agency on Tuesday, March 23, 2021.

“Before the end of the year and I will say maybe soon, you will see efforts to get the health sector digitized. Health delivery systems are going to do better. Patients will have only one folder no matter where they are. If they [patients] are moving from Sunyani Regional Hospital to Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, they do not have to carry their folder. Their data and records will be saved and monitored by a doctor.” he said as quoted by Citinewsroom.

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The NPP government has continually expressed its resolve to automate all transactions to reduce human interaction.

The Ministry of Health had already launched a national E-Health project and bio-Surveillance system to link public hospitals and clinics to a common database.

The e-health system is expected to end the movement of folders across departments in various health institutions.

The system will also allow doctors and administrators access to information for effective healthcare delivery.