Gauteng Health to introduce digital systems
The Department of Health in Gauteng has introduced a digital system it hopes will simplify services for patients in the province.
The Health Information System (HIS) will be implemented in hospitals across the province.
Spokesperson Kwara Kekana says the department believes the program will improve service delivery at hospitals.
“The Gauteng Department of Health will be upgrading its information technology system with a new program called Health Information System. The Health Information System is designed to create an effective and efficient working environment and reduce long waiting time in hospitals and community health centres.”
Kekana says the digital system will be installed in more than 30 hospitals.
“The HIS replaces the outdated legacy systems as well as manual processes of patient management and clinical documentation. This system will be implemented in over 30 hospitals and 33 community health centres and primary healthcare facilities in the province.
“HIS will simplify the registration process for patients when they visit a facility by generating a unique patient identification number. In addition to that, HIS will lead to creation of single file for a single patient across Gauteng health facilities and end the duplication and loss of patient files.”
The Hillbrow and Lillian Ngoyi community health centres will be the first to receive the new program.