Wednesday, 21 August 2013 00:00
The project is a multi-partner programme aimed at equipping Eastern Cape health professionals with easy access to information. MHIS provides doctors and nurses with smartphones and tablets preloaded with a locally relevant clinical library, which includes medical guidelines, protocols, diagnostic tools and drug formularies. Users also have access to journal articles and medical books. The system is intended to improve Internet access and availability of information in a resource-poor region, and thereby improve patient care.
“The MHIS mission is simple but important: provide mobile content to those who need it in healthcare in SA,” said Berhane Gebru, director of programmes: TechLab, FHI 360, speaking at the launch event.
The project forms part of Qualcomm’s ‘Wireless Reach’ initiative, a programme intended to improve lives worldwide using wireless technology, and was initiated in partnership with the Eastern Cape Department of Health, FHI 360 (a human development non-profit), MTN SA and the Nelson Mandela" rel=tag>Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University School of Clinical Care Sciences.
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