The Association of General Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria (AGPMPN) Lagos branch and Medismarts have announced the signing of a strategic partnership agreement that will see Medismarts deploy its Electronic Medical Records (EMR) cloud platform to over 2,000 hospitals that are registered with the association in Lagos State.
As part of the agreement, Medismarts has the mandate to go to the AGPMPN 18 zones in Lagos State with the objective of ensuring that all hospitals records are digitized and interconnected. They will also provide a dashboard with analytics showing different metrics and reports concerning health delivery in the state to the association by April 2016.
AGPMPN, also known and Nigeria Private Doctors Association and
Medismarts agreed to configure the platform and deliver same at no cost to the private hospital practitioners in the state. Access to the system for every registered account holder is for a life time.
Speaking on the development, Chairman AGPMPN Lagos, Dr. Adeyeye Arigbabuwo, said: "talks have commenced with the various Information Technology (IT) partners to see near free supply of the hardware necessary to drive home this laudable project. The only investment to be made by a hospital is to provide either a computer desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphone that is internet enabled. Medismarts will manage all backend issues and ensure that access is 24/7 with little or no down time. With the expected success of this unique project, we hope to re-enforce and take medical practice in Lagos State to the next level.” He further explained that the project was proactively conceived, among other reasons, to position the private medical practitioners in Lagos State on the right pedestal to enable them participate in the recently gazetted Lagos State Health Care Management Delivery Act, so that data collation, and rendition for research, planning, and budgeting can be seamless.
Co-founder, Medismarts, Mr. Damilola Oni, said: "We are excited by this strategic partnership, as it will get us closer to our goal of ensuring that all the major players in the health sector including hospitals, government and the everyday man on the street, are interconnected. An interconnected health care industry will ensure seamless transfer of information and this will aid efficiency, planning and healthcare delivery."
Medismarts is a healthcare technology company that aims to revolutionise the health care management in Nigeria by providing a secured unified platform that connects the players in the healthcare industry.
Medismarts is backed by Sasware the technology investment subsidiary of Signal Alliance that was founded in 2014. The company was established to provide early seed funding for tech start-ups. Currently Medismarts has over 80 hospitals on their platform and will be processing about 36 per cent of the health insurance records in Nigeria.
By: Emma Okonji
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