Posted on: Tue 06-08-2013

The Federal Capital Territory Health and Human Services, in collaboration with the Management Sciences for Health, has designed an electronic health policy and strategic development framework.

The Secretary, FCT Health and Human Services Secretariat Dr. Demola Onakomaiya said that there was an urgent need for an electronic health policy and strategy to create the enabling environment and provide the needed direction for the development of the health sector.

Onakomaiya said that the rise of social media has given a new impetus for the use of ICTs and e-government to foster citizens’ participation and engagement as well as increase transparency and restore trust in government; a situation he said leads to an increased efficiency of government services in line with the yearnings of the citizens.

He stated that e-health will provide a useful platform that will entrench a more effective and sufficient healthcare delivery system through increased access to quality healthcare, reduced cost, improved timeliness, enhanced health promotion and disease surveillance, enhanced planning and prompt decision making by health administrators.

He reaffirmed the commitment of the FCT Administration in using information and communication technology to produce a rapid transformational change that will positively impact on the health sector in line with global best practices and the National Health Strategic Development Plan.

The representative of the project director, Management Sciences for Health, Mr. Uche Ezeh said that the FCT Administration has built a draft document on the existing FCT e-health pilot and has exploited the benefits of inter-departmental and inter-agency co-operation and collaboration needed to create the enabling environment that will revolutionise the system.

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