Health Information Technologies: Opportunity for Nigerian Innovation

1. Health Information Technologies: Opportunity for Nigerian Innovation November 21, 2012

2. Outline 1 The Impact of Technology 2 Nigeria’s Health Profile 3 Health Information Technologies 4 Opportunity for Nigerian Innovation 5 Conclusion

3. 1 The Impact of Technology

4. The Impact of IT on Modern Life Education Banking & eCommerce

5. The Growth in Nigeria’s Teledensity

6. 2 Nigeria’s Health Profile

7. Nigeria’s Health Profile • Nigeria has one of the worst records in the world • Second to India, Nigeria is the most hazardous place in the world for expectant mothers and children • Incidences of morbidity are equally high

8. The Challenges of Healthcare • Lack of Information • Lack of Access to Quality Care • Systemic Failures • Resource constraints • Gaps in care

9. 3 Health Information Technologies

10. Health Information Technologies • The application of Information and Communication Technologies to Health: • Planning • Management • Financing • Delivery • Improvement • Electronic Health Records • Electronic Prescription • Health Information Exchange • Analytics • Clinical Decision Support

11. Health Information Technology cont’d • The potential to make a difference in Nigeria depends on certain key considerations: • The value of health information • Patient • Present illness • Available therapies • Appreciation of the impact on the quality and appropriateness of care that is dispensed • Commitment to improve the quality of healthcare services

12. Use Cases of Health IT • Engaging patients and their families • Education and awareness • Community mobilization • Reminders for Appointments and medication • Treatment compliance • Data collection and dissemination • Biographical and health information • Providing relevant information at the point-of-care • Quality reporting

13. Use Cases of Health IT cont’d • Clinical collaboration • Remote delivery of care – frontline workers and urban-based specialists • Care coordination and management • Surveillance • Syndromic (preventive epidemiological applications) • Disease (to aid evidence-based disease-focused interventions)

14. Use Cases of Health IT cont’d • Analytics & Clinical/Business Intelligence

15. Use Cases of Health IT cont’d

16. 4 Opportunity for Nigerian Innovation

17. Health Information Systems The Patient-Centered Paradigm

18. Nigerian Innovation • Multidisciplinary Collaboration • Comprehensive Pathways of care • Clinical workflows that foster the care team approach • Sound business case and clinical value • Information-oriented architectures • Regulatory & Policy Enablement • The National Health Bill • Issue an Innovation Challenge • Incentivize the creation, adoption and meaningful use of Nigerian Health Information Systems

19. Potential Impacts • Transformation of Healthcare • Coordinate care across the continuum • Improve quality, safety, and effectiveness • Leverage existing infrastructure to engage patients • Promote Public and Population Health • Growth of Nigeria’s Knowledge-based Economy • Disrupt consumption and import-oriented trade • Provide training and employment opportunities • Position Nigeria to become a reliable outsourcing destination

20. 5 Conclusion

21. Recognize the value of health information • Punctuate the equilibrium of suboptimal and declining health outcomes • Leverage the inherent efficiencies of health information technology to innovate • Make Nigeria an outsourcing destination • Foster sound clinical and economic health

22. “The secret to getting ahead is getting started…” - Mark Twain

23. Charles Nwasor Charles is the Principal & Chief Health Information Technologist at Xcellent Technologies. A consummate health information technologist, Charles is currently involved in executing the Michigan Center for Effective IT Adoption project, a federal initiative for providing technical assistance in the adoption and Meaningful use of health IT to Primary Care Providers in the State of Michigan. He can be reached at: charles.nwasor@xcellenttechnologies.com