Uche Alexis|6 October 2017
The Cross River State Commissioner for Health, Dr Inyang Asibong has lauded the collaboration of the State Government and development partners for continually bringing Cross River State up to speed with the latest technology especially in healthcare delivery NegroidHaven can report authoritatively. She said the LAMIS 2.6 will not only boost real-time and accurate data collection but also create more employment opportunities for prospective Health Information Officers as more people will be trained regularly and posted to health facilities.
So far there are forty-seven facilities across the State already using the software. Each of these facilities have been equipped with five solar desktop systems, Internet modem and a Data Entry Clerk.
The new LAMIS 2.6 software will enhance data collection and make it more accurate with real-time. The State Government will scale up the project so that more facilities can have access to the software.
For the first time more than one hundred students from the College of Health Technology in the State have already been trained and deployed to facilities in State for their industrial training attachment. The students have been equipped with all the technological knowhow on how use the software to produce results.
LAMIS features includes a web based application; data synchronisation capabilities for both online and offline; Improved data export and import functionalities; appointment schedule with SMS reminders; auto capture and discharge of laboratory results via SMS; Data exchange with NigeriaQual software; data exchange with National Data Repository (NDR); data export to CSV for statistical analysis; patient identifier scrambling to enhance patient confidentiality; and plug and play easy installation process.
LAMIS is an Electronic Management Record software developed through the PEPFAR Program by indigenous Nigerian manpower in collaboration with the Cross River State Government to manage client level data of patients enrolled for HIV chronic care including Rapid Diagnostic Testing (RDT).
Uche Alexis
Writes from Calabar
