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Seychelles’ public health system is digitising its services and the project has now entered its final phase. The software of the electronic health system is being funded through a line of credit from the Indian government for around $4 million. In December 2019, the Agency signed a contract with India-based software solution provider Manorama Infosolutions to begin the project.
Seychelles’ public health system is digitising its services and the project has now entered its final phase. The software of the electronic health system is being funded through a line of credit from the Indian government for around $4 million. In December 2019, the Agency signed a contract with India-based software solution provider Manorama Infosolutions to begin the project.
The original plan was to set up the health information system but later broadened it to something more than just a health information system and concluded it as a health management information system stated the chief executive of the Health Care Agency (HSA), Danny Louange.
In March 2021, the reception areas in all government hospitals and clinics got on the system and the health authorities looked at the different issues that may arise. This was followed in October last year for the electronic medical records (EMR) of the different clinics where the doctors entered the information in the electronic system.
HSA is looking at making sure that all the doctors are using electronic medical records. This is a transition, while there are still some doctors using handwritten notes, all doctors have the capacity of EMR. Since it requires training for them to get used to it, PHS is going from one health centre to the other to specifically train them.
Access to the information is limited depending on the various roles in the health authority for confidentiality purposes. While a doctor may access all medical files, in the systems, for the dentists it will be dental medical records and nurses will be limited to the nursing component. HSA outlined the process. The health authorities are now focusing on the outpatient component and in the coming weeks, the next phase will be on blood results going online. This will link the labs with the medical records and will allow a doctor to view medical results online wherever they are.
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The Agency is still in the process of procuring the hardware needed. What is also important is barcode printers and barcode readers, which will help when carrying out tests such as blood tests. Once a patient has the tests done, the code will then be on their forms which in turn will reduce errors. This new approach will reduce duplication in the work carried out as there are currently instances of patients undergoing the same test twice as they have visited different clinics and all the information is not linked. The servers are being hosted by the Department of Information Communication Technology (DICT) but there are plans for the Agency to have its own separate server at its own headquarters.
