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Health Systems Profile- Egypt Regional Health Systems Observatory- EMRO
The core of the strategy is to take greater central control over the specification,
procurement, resource management, performance management and delivery of the
information and IT agenda. We will improve the leadership and direction given to
IM&T, and combine it with national and local implementations that are based on
ruthless standardization.
Each MOHP central administration should appoint a Central Information Officer (CIO)
and have a key role in ensuring implementation and use of the core IM&T solutions
determined at national level.
Work should be done on developing the MOHP IM&T management structure,
capacity and capability. We will also define the data, and data interchange standards
we will require in the future.
We must not lose sight of the fact that the purpose of improving the use of
information and IT is to ensure that people receive the best possible care, and
through making quality outcome data available we will monitor the continuing
effectiveness of that care.
Vision for Egyptian IM&T Program Architecture
Create an IM&T management capability that provides greater leadership,
competence development, co-ordination and direction, allowing the MOHP to
capitalize on the power of IM&T to integrate data and processes across
organizational and physical boundaries;
Manage funding to ensure IT receives the investment it requires;
Capture knowledge of best practice and drive it into the national, regional and local
IT environment;
Work with industry to ensure they can provide the capacity and products to ensure
we obtain quickly the advantages offered by compliance with national data and
systems standards;
Coordinate procurement to ensure we achieve best value, rapid progress and
compliance with data and systems standards;
Develop core national services that can be used throughout the MOHP (e.g.
Electronic Health Record Service, Booking Service, Prescriptions Service);
Develop a compliant choice of systems for a portfolio of critical local applications
(e.g. Electronic Patient Record, EPR);
− Build connectivity, so that all staff have the bandwidth and access devices
they need;
− Create national standards for data quality and data interchange between systems
at local, regional and national levels.
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