By LOVETH AZODO, Lagos
The Nigerian Ministry of Health has announced its receival of the approval to kick off the “e-NHIS” system.
The e-NHIS is an electronic medical and management system.
The system will enable the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and other public stakeholders to manage patient claims, as the Federal Government moves to digitalize service delivery.
The Ministry made the Announcement on Wednesday via its official Twitter handle.
According to its tweet, The system vendors would be Galaxy Backbone Ltd and NIGCOMSAT.
The tweet reads, “The Federal Ministry of Health today got approval for a project to introduce “e-NHIS”: an electronic medical records & Mgt system for NHIS”
“The System will allow interoperability with all public & private sector stakeholders – to manage patient records & claims.