Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-olu on Tuesday said his administration is currently working on a 3,000km of fibre optic network which allows accessible network to all hospitals and public agencies.
He disclosed while declaring open a 3-day Smart Health Technical Symposium on e-Health themed, “Lagos State Smart Health Information Platform, SHIP.”
Sanwo-olu stressed that his administration is prepared to leverage on technology to improve health care delivery in the state.
The governor, who was represented at the event by his Deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, stated that the essence of the eHealth symposium organized by the state’s Ministry of Health is to enhance the already existing e-health platform to ensure Lagos remain in tune with modern technology.
“It is important for us to establish and strengthen our health information platform as this will positively impact on our various health care system, health financing through our universal health coverage, biosecurity, biosafety which will also lead to employment opportunities while opening doors for international collaboration”, the governor said.
Also speaking, the state’s Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, explained that the Lagos State Smart Health Strategy will improve efficiency, reduce wastage of scarce resources, improve income-generation, drive the bioeconomy, accelerate human resource development, create global virtual health hub and prepare the state to enter the digital age of precision medicine.
Participants at the conference are expected to examine the modalities of bringing more hospitals from the primary to secondary and tertiary healthcare facilities on board the interactive Health Management Information System software, simply referred to as e-health project which had been introduced in 12 Lagos state-owned hospitals some years ago.
