Tag: Electronic Health Records

Zimbabwe to Expand Electronic Health Records to 500 More Facilities in 2025

Michael Gwarisa

By Michael Gwarisa The rollout of the Impilo Electronic Health Records (EHR) system has gained momentum, with 500 more health facilities set to adopt the technology in 2025. These new deployments will add to the 1,197 health facilities across Zimbabwe that have already implemented the system since the project’s commencement in 2021. Speaking in an interview with HealthTimes, Dr. Aspect Maunganidze, the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) Permanent Secretary, said the expansion will prioritize high-volume health facilities and strategically located sites. Cumulatively, 1,197 facilities have been equipped with…

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Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Health On Course To Fully Deploy Paperless System By December 2023

Michael Gwarisa

Impilo, an Electronic Health Records (EHR) system which is currently being rolled out in Zimbabwe’s health facilities, is set to improve efficiency in the health sector through enhancing data collection, management, patients’  care as well as improving communication between health practitioners and patients. By Michael Gwarisa Briefing Journalists in Kadoma during a Results Based Financing (RBF) model for healthcare media sensitization meeting, Dr Robert Gongora, the National EHR Coordinator in the Ministry of Health and Child Care said their priority as is to accelerate the rollout/coverage and usage of electronic…

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