Contending with Outdated Health Care Records System
- By solomon2day
- On 19/09/2022
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In several states of Nigeria, the lack of goodwill has made those presently in the saddle build on the encouraging foundation previous administrations have laid in most sectors; the health sector is inclusive.
Record keeping in health institutions in these states is obsolete and outdated and has for long influenced waste and redundancy.
Transparency and accountability are crucial to the management of health facilities only if those- in-charge realize this fact.
The provision of accurate health data and storage results in a robust health care administration that is reliable and efficient.
Sadly, however, the absence of an electronic medical system in several government-owned institutions has promoted difficulties in accessing patients' data, to enable health care professionals to deliver improved and prompt health care services.
Health care records hinged on technology would go a long way in ensuring functional health care services and in the process facilitate an enduring health system for people.
Note- 7 million Nigerians have been disenfranchised by the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), while the electoral umpire is in the process of recruiting 1.4 million ad hoc staff for the 2023 general elections. When consideration is given to the commission's budgetary allocation for the election, the plight of eligible voters and the rising debt of the present administration, then Those-in-Charge ought to thread the paths of winding up with caution.
Posted 19 minutes ago by Solomon Adewunmi
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