GHS gets USAID, KOICA, Samsung et. al support to improve health system through ICT
As part of efforts to improve healthcare delivery in the country, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA); Samsung; and Good Neighbors (a Korean NGO) have partnered with the Ghana Health Service to digitize healthcare in rural and hard-to-reach communities using touchscreen tablets. The move is to allow transition from manual (paper and pen) to digital records to enable the Ghana Health Service to better manage patient cases and promote efficiency in data management. The partnership on Thursday, February 1, 2018 witnessed the launch of the e-Tracker; a tablet tool developed to allow health workers to electronically collect and analyze health records and handed over 2,590 tablets to the Ghana Health Service (GHS). Delivering his keynote address at the launch event, the Director General of the GHS, Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare noted the donation will help replace the paper-based reporting systems with the elect