Government has installed computerised health management system whereby they are tracking data aggregation at over 400 health centres countrywide.
With solar power being installed as a primary or back up system at all health centres, the electronic management systems and the online connections will be continually available.
Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Monica Mutsvangwa yesterday said this after the Cabinet meeting.
She said there is need for availability of real-time data to enable efficiency and effective monitoring at health institutions.
“Accordingly, the Ministry of Health and Child Care, with the support of partners, have developed a comprehensive, health-centric and integrated national electronic health record system called Impilo for patient registration, patient management and evaluation, patient tracking, stock usage and tracking, and data aggregation, validation and analysis.
“Impilo will be deployed at five central hospitals, seven provincial hospitals, 30 district hospitals, and 384 clinics across the country,” said Minister Mutsvangwa.
The Minister said Impilo was developed by a 100 percent Zimbabwean technical team.
“It is pleasing to note that the Impilo Electronic Health Record System was developed by a 100 percent Zimbabwean technical team and licenced under Zimbabwean technical team and also licenced under the Ministry of Health and Child Care. The system supports health workers in following clinical protocols for priority health services,” she said.
Meanwhile, Minister Mutsvangwa said government’s quick response in dealing with the outbreak of Covid-19 in schools has seen affected schools back to normal.
“In the primary and secondary sector, the nation is informed that all Covid-19-positive cases reported at Prince Edward, Sacred Heart and Bonda Mission schools have fully recovered.
She added that most schools in the Bulawayo Province have recovered from the novel pandemic of Covid-19.
“Most of the cases recorded at schools in the Bulawayo Province since the beginning of the current school term have also recovered, with very few remaining active cases.” Mutsvagwa said.
Furthermore, Minister Mutsvangwa announced that 45 new boreholes were drilled and 587 rehabilitated under government’s routine borehole drilling programme.
A total of 12 piped water schemes had been rehabilitated since January 2021 and government was now looking into the Harare and Bulawayo water situation in conjunction with the relevant stakeholders.
