Hospital launches e-health to tackle bottleneck

• Published date: 13 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

From David Adenuga, Bauchi

The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), Bauchi has launched an electronic platform for patients, doctors and management to reduce bottlenecks in healthcare delivery.

ATBUTH Chief Medical Director, Dr. Yusuf Jibrin at the Official launching of the Platform yesterday, said the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) selected the hospital along with five other health institutions across the six geopolitical zones to benefit from the Smart Clinic Telemedicine suite (e-Health solutions).

He said it is an e-mobile and web solution that links a patient-based mobile health application with a hospital or doctor-based information management system.

'It will effectively help people access health services remotely irrespective of their location at any given time. This is part of the commission's mandate to encourage research and development...