Session Objectives: 1. To showcase innovative technologies that impact LMG positively in the health sector agenda 2. To make suggestions for improved coordination and control of health sector technology innovations 3. To identify next steps towards improving technologies for health systems in Kenya Session Outcomes: 1. Technology is firmly established as key component of policy to strengthen LMG 2. Positions of personnel implementing technology for health are established within the GOK health system 3. The impact of technology on quality, cost-effective and efficient health service delivery is recognized and acknowledged 4. Recommendations for coordinating and harmonizing technology for health across the health sector

1. Technology Innovations for Better Health Management
Electronic Health Records in Private Sector
Gordon Otieno Odundo
Chief Executive Officer
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2. AERIAL VIEW Gertrude’s Children's Hospital( google maps 2011)
Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital, Nairobi ,Kenya is one of the few
hospitals in Sub-Saharan Africa that is dedicated solely to the
provision of healthcare for children

3. Gertrude’s Children's Hospital
Main Entrance

4. Problem Statement
The need for Patient records portability due to many satellite
locations . Efficient medical documentation coupled with better
provision of care as a result of decision support systems that give
alerts on drug , food allergies and reduce prescription errors.
Huge storage requirement coupled with records misplacement is
a great concern.
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5. Process
1.
• Competitive bidding
• Hospital Visits
2.
• Identified Kranium HMIS
• Understand User Requirements
3.
• Customization
• Training
4.
• Testing & Phased Implementation
• Go Live – 1st December 2010
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6.  Proper Documentation – use of
systematic templates , ICD10 and ICPM
 Reduction of typo and prescription
errors.
 Drug and food alerts – reduce sentinel
events
 Patient Information portability &
interoperability
 Laboratory results available real time
 Increase in revenue through efficient
and automatic billing
 Real time reports to support
administrative functions and research
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7. Lesson Learnt
 Challenges are getting the right system and full system
adoption by staff
 Electronic Health Records increase Efficiency ,
business processes and higher level of patient care
 In 2010 , Obama administration announced spending
of $975 Million by 2014 on 100,000 hospitals for EHR
 Administration set Mandatory implementation of
EHR by 2014
 Kenya Scenario – Private hospitals should embrace
EHR to reduce cost of healthcare & improve care.
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