{"id":20707,"date":"2024-06-19T14:24:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T14:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20707"},"modified":"2024-06-19T14:25:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T14:25:06","slug":"progress-update-on-ministry-of-healths-electronic-health-records-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/progress-update-on-ministry-of-healths-electronic-health-records-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Progress Update on Ministry of Health&#8217;s Electronic Health Records System"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Efforts to enhance Guyana&#8217;s healthcare sector through advanced practices are advancing with the Ministry of Health&#8217;s electronic health records system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, has announced that the electronic health database project has entered its second phase. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, four out of fourteen interested companies are undergoing rigorous evaluation to assist with the physical cards required for the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Anthony emphasized that these companies are in the process of evaluating their software offerings, a critical step in the decision-making process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He anticipates that the evaluation will conclude within a month, after which a final decision on the partnering company will be made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Highlighting the importance of data security, Minister Anthony mentioned that technical teams have already started archiving and securing personal data in compliance with new data protection laws. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This measure aims to ensure that patients&#8217; data is securely protected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The implementation of the Data Protection Bill is expected to further bolster the management and security of the electronic health database, facilitating efficient healthcare management across Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As this initiative progresses, it is anticipated that a centralized healthcare database will be established, consolidating citizens&#8217; medical records for improved healthcare delivery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Efforts to enhance Guyana&#8217;s healthcare sector through advanced practices are advancing with the Ministry of Health&#8217;s electronic health records system. Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony, has announced that the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20708,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350,364],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news","category-technology"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20707"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20709,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20707\/revisions\/20709"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}