As part of its efforts to enhance and improve the healthcare system, the Ministry of Health (MoH) is collaborating with the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change to develop Guyana’s Digital Health Strategy.
According to a MoH release yesterday, this initiative, which aims to enhance healthcare delivery, improve patient outcomes, and streamline health services across the country, saw its first consultation in the ministry’s boardroom on Brickdam in the presence of Programme Directors and other senior officials from the Ministry of Health and the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.
Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony, who made brief remarks at the meeting, stated that MoH wants to establish a subdivision to manage digital health in the overall public health sector.
“Right now, we have eight programmes in the ministry and we want to add a ninth programme, and we thought that it’s important for us to add Digital Health as the ninth programme.”
Dr Anthony explained that this programme will comprise telemedicine services, electronic health records, and the management of departmental activities, which includes tracking diseases and managing day-to-day tasks at the head office in Georgetown.
He emphasised that the strategy should have clear objectives and outcomes. “In the strategy, we have some very pragmatic kinds of targets. We need to have some objectives and outcomes that can enhance patients’ experience in a realistic time frame,” the release added.
