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Information Technology in the Health Sector ICT Forum Presentation

Information Technology in the Health Sector ICT Forum Presentation. Cherno O.A. Jallow Directorate of Planning & Information Department of State for Health & Social Welfare 21 st May 2002. The Early Years: 286’s, DOS and dBase.

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Information Technology in the Health Sector ICT Forum Presentation

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  1. Information Technology in the Health SectorICT Forum Presentation Cherno O.A. JallowDirectorate of Planning & InformationDepartment of State for Health & Social Welfare21st May 2002

  2. The Early Years:286’s, DOS and dBase • 1985 and 1986: MRC provided data entry facilities to the Ministry of Health for two years, with a Health Officer going to MRC daily to enter health service data. • 1987:The Epidemiology and Statistics Unit (ESU) received three microcomputers from the Combating Childhood Communicable Diseases (CCCD) Programme and another was purchased by the National Health Development Project (NHDP). Directorate of Planning & Information, Department of State for Health & Social Welfare

  3. The Early Years – cont’d • 1989: UNFPA sponsored The Centre for Applied Research on Population and Development (CERPOD), a CILLS regional population centre based in Mali, to design software for use by the MCH/FP Unit to compile and analyse MCH and FP statistics. The MCH/FP Unit did not have the capacity to enter and analyse statistical data and CERPOD had to work with the ESU. One new microcomputer was provided by CERPOD. Directorate of Planning & Information, Department of State for Health & Social Welfare

  4. Introduction of Windows and Pentium • 1993-94: Save The Children Fund (SCF/UK), provided each newly created Divisional Health Team with one Dell 386 computer. • 1997-98: Twenty five computers with Pentium I microprocessors were obtained from a Taiwanese grant, for DHT’s, ESU and programme units. • 1999-2002:Rapid, uncoordinated expansion through donations and purchase. Directorate of Planning & Information, Department of State for Health & Social Welfare

  5. Current Status • Current Inventory: • 115 desktops, 7 laptops, 3 scanners • 386 to Pentium IV • E-mail and Internet access at all DHT’s and in most DoSH offices • Directorate of Planning networked Directorate of Planning & Information, Department of State for Health & Social Welfare

  6. From our photo gallery Medical Records Office , Bansang Hospital, CRD Directorate of Planning & Information, Department of State for Health & Social Welfare

  7. From our photo gallery – cont’d Divisional Health Team Office, Basse, URD – from the outside Directorate of Planning & Information, Department of State for Health & Social Welfare

  8. From our photo gallery – cont’d Divisional Health Team Office, Basse, URD, from the inside – one of the offices Directorate of Planning & Information, Department of State for Health & Social Welfare

  9. From our photo gallery – cont’d Divisional Health Team North Bank Division East Computers @ APRC Hospital Directorate of Planning & Information, Department of State for Health & Social Welfare

  10. From our photo gallery – cont’dConstraints/Problems WAW? What am I going to do? No Problem? Directorate of Planning & Information, Department of State for Health & Social Welfare

  11. Constraints • Human resources: • Skill level of many DoSH computer users is low • Maintenance: • Difficult environment • No preventive maintenance/repair • Power problems • Telephone costs limit internet use • Development of IT has been unplanned Directorate of Planning & Information, Department of State for Health & Social Welfare

  12. Work in Progress • Health Management Information System being developed • DoSH Web site being developed (www.dosh.gm) • 48 desktops and 8 laptops being purchased to support HMIS • Two additional networks for Quadrangle and Medical and Health offices planned Directorate of Planning & Information, Department of State for Health & Social Welfare

  13. Work in Progress (cont’d) • IT policies established and inventories in progress • Contracts for anti-virus software and maintenance for all DoSH computers being negotiated • Contracts for training 100 DoSH computer users being developed Directorate of Planning & Information, Department of State for Health & Social Welfare

  14. Recommendations for the Future • Plans for well coordinated replacement and expansion of IT at all levels of DoSH • Attention to continuing maintenance and staff training • Planning for decentralisation • Using IT to improve communication within the health sector, encompassing both public and private institutions • Distance learning/Diagnostic consultations Directorate of Planning & Information, Department of State for Health & Social Welfare

  15. Thank you Directorate of Planning & Information, Department of State for Health & Social Welfare

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