The Federal Government will digitize the healthcare system for better health results, according to Dr. Tunji Alausa, Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare.
At a news conference on the ministry’s plans for the health sector on Saturday, Alausa made this statement.
In accordance with President Bola Tinubu’s “Renewed Hope Agenda,” he added that the government will enhance financing for research and that digitizing the health system would make it easier to collect reliable data.
“We need to start making sure that the data we collect are accurate, they are validated, and they can be trusted, both locally and internationally,” he said. And the care for our people will be provided using those data. Once you have reliable, validated data, you can start to identify the areas where you’re improving, performing well, and where you need to improve. Following that, you might reevaluate your interventions to enhance those results.
We’re planning to launch a national electronic medical record where our primary care facilities, politicians, and hospitals will all be on the same platform as part of our digitalization of the healthcare system. Then, as time goes on, we’ll push for the usage of the same platform by all state governments.
The unified electromedical platform, according to Alausa, will facilitate quick access to data, medical history, continuity of service, and lower healthcare costs.
According to him, the industry will have better regulation and accountability, and the government would support national research.
“There are numerous research institutions here. Everyone is engaged in individual labor. Our research institutions will be reorganized so that they can work together and accomplish their intended goals. In academia, there are many academics who are struggling since they are working alone without any support for their research initiatives.
Less than 50% of a professor’s time should be spent on classroom instruction; the rest should be devoted to ongoing research. Because we will invest more money in research, we will release our clinical research, translational research, and basic research.
“Because as we conduct more research, we will become more independent with regard to our medications, medical equipment, and even the way we put together policy and standard operating procedure because these are now domestic.
“We have conducted experiments on Nigerians, and we are aware of the best ways for a medicine to work and the worst ways. As a result, we’ll be consolidating our research system into a platform that is stronger, more focused, and more directive.
