Huawei and eGeneration Ltd have recently emphasised on importance of digital health services, technological infrastructure development and health service software innovation required in digital health services for smart Bangladesh.
A round table discussion titled 'Healthcare Infrastructure Development and Software Innovation in Building Smart Bangladesh' held at the Huawei Bangladesh Academy in Dhaka, read a press release on Thursday.
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Md Sharfuddin Ahmed attended the event as the chief guest while eGeneration Limited Chairman SM Ashraful Islam moderated the session.
“ICT is gradually turning hospitals into e-hospitals and thus it is being possible to serve more people with new aspects of healthcare. We have been serving more than 2,800 healthcare institutions of more than 90 countries. It is also important for Bangladesh to focus more on the ICT infrastructure development of hospital sector as we are moving towards Smart Bangladesh,” Huawei South Asia Enterprise Business Group Deputy CEO Zhangcheng (Justin) said.
“The infrastructural development of the health care sector in Bangladesh will further enrich this sector. Huawei has been working as a partner in the development of ICT infrastructure in Bangladesh for the past 25 years and in the future, we would like to continue working towards the goal of Smart Bangladesh with our advanced technology,” Zhangcheng added.
SM Ahsraful Islam emphasized the pressing challenges in healthcare provision caused by the global shortage of medical professionals. He underscored the pivotal role that technology can play in addressing this issue by bridging the gap between the growing demand for medical services and the limited capacity to meet these needs.
Ahsraful highlighted eGeneration's diverse portfolio of digital solutions, which encompass telemedicine, ICU management systems, Electronic Health Records (EHR), and Machine Integration. These innovative offerings hold the potential to significantly enhance the healthcare sector's capacity, efficiency, and overall productivity.
In the keynote presentation, Member of the Board of Directors of eGeneration Ltd Syeda Kamrun Ahmed shed light on how Electronic Health Record (EMR) in a standard Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) solution can facilitate patient’s experience to get Appointment of doctors from home, to access medical records, past history, prescription and reports.
She also emphasised how HMIS solution can help a hospital becomes process and cost efficient using this kind of solution. She also introduced eghealth developed by eGeneration which has been implemented in 5 BGB hospitals and in the process of implementing in Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hosital, Sylhet.
In closing speech, eGeneration Ltd Managing Director Shameem Ahsan concluded elaborating on of how collaboration among healthcare entities, technology solution provider and healthcare equipment manufacturer can contribute to develop an overall digital healthcare ecosystem for Smart Bangladesh.
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Director (MIS) Prof Dr Shahadat Hossain, Combined Military Hospital (CMH) OIC (IT Center) Lt Col Shah Md Ishtiaque, many other public and private high-ranking officials and various policymakers of the health sector of Bangladesh, doctors, university faculty members, hospital administrative officers, Head of IT, and health professionals graced the programme.
Huawei and eGeneration Ltd are working together to provide ICT infrastructure and software services for the digitisation of the healthcare sector in Bangladesh. Lack of access to primary healthcare facility for the mass, inadequate doctors, nurses, health technicians as well as IT infrastructure, Hospital automation and software usages were the key points discussed in the roundtable.
