eGeneration provides tech solutions for digital health services

eGeneration Limited, a prominent technology solutions and system integration company in Bangladesh, has been actively providing essential technical solutions for the government initiative to deliver digital health services to the doorsteps of people.

The support also includes developing hospital management solutions to build Smart Bangladesh and implement the government’s Vision-2041, said a press statement.

Along with the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the Bangladesh Computer Council under the Department of Information and Communication Technology has also been working diligently to ensure digital healthcare.

In the quest to ensure digital healthcare services, Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital (SOMCH) stands as a leading institution, spearheading the digital transformation of service delivery and reception and playing a vital role in the ambitious mission of ensuring digital health services.

Under the initiative of the Department of Information and Communication Technology, the Phase-1 User Acceptance Testing (UAT) of “Health Service Management System” software was adopted for SOMCH under the “Digital Sylhet City” project of Bangladesh Computer Council and training of Master Trainers was inaugurated on May 28 at Training Room of SOMCH.

Dr Soumitra Chakraborty, director (acting) of SOMCH, was present as the chief guest on the occasion under the chairmanship of Digital Sylhet City Project Director Mohammad Mohidur Rahman Khan. Abul Kalam Azad, assistant director of Administration, SOMCH and SM Ashraful Islam, chairman of eGeneration Limited and former executive director of Bangladesh Computer Council were present as special guests.

In a congratulatory message, Brigadier General Mahabubur Rahman Bhuiyan, director of SOMCH said, “To transform a country into a SMART nation, one of the main conditions is to deliver digital healthcare services to the people of the country. By starting the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) of the Health Service Management System Software and the training of master trainers at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, the door to digital healthcare services has been opened for everyone in this country. We hope, soon digital healthcare services will reach the people of this country with better services”.

In the speech of the chief guest, Dr Soumitra Chakraborty, director (Acting) of SOMCH said, “Today is a historic day for Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital. Today we are going to be a part of building Smart Bangladesh. Everyone who participated in the training demonstrated their skills in their respective fields of work and hope that by taking this training, they will better engage themselves in the journey of building a Smart Bangladesh.”

Among others, chairman of eGeneration Limited SM Ashraful Islam said, “eGeneration has developed this software using the internationally recognised standard of health service management and microservice architecture, using the local and global experience of its experts, which has ensured the use of the latest technology in this software. This project is an initiative to change the horizon of the healthcare system in Bangladesh”.

In the concluding speech, President of the programme Mohammad Mohidur Rahman Khan, project director of Digital Sylhet City Project said, “Healthcare service management system is a very challenging task. My sincere thanks to the officials and doctors of SOMCH, the esteemed faculty of the Computer Science and Engineering Department of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology and eGeneration, the organisation implementing the software, for all their support in making such a challenging task a success. Despite many obstacles and limitations, we have come this far with your help, I hope your support will continue and soon we will be able to achieve ultimate success”.

Among others, Prof Md Masum, head of the department of Computer Science and Engineering at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology and Consultant, Digital Sylhet City Project and Emran Abdullah, director of Strategic Sales of eGeneration Limited were also present.