Health Care Module developed for Dominica

Chilean students pose with health officials
Chilean students pose with health officials

An electronic Health System Module for Eye Care and Maternal and Child Health programs has been developed for Dominica by two teams of students from the Catholic School of Public Health in Santiago, Chile.

The second team of six students who were attached to the Health Information Unit for the past four months, bid farewell to the Unit on Friday morning.

The modules will be used at the Princess Margaret Hospital and clinics around the island.

Speaking at a farewell ceremony for the students, Ministry of Health Epidemiologist, Dr Paul Ricketts, expressed satisfaction with the level of work done by the students who, he said, were in Dominica with support from the World Bank.

“They have been giving very important guidance based on their experience and expertise to the overall development of the Information system. We are extremely delighted and extremely pleased with the progress that has been made. They have completed their tasks and have handed over as off yesterday all the documents related to the project including having trained the users of the system,” he remarked.

He said he appreciated what he described as “the building of bridges between Chile and Dominica.”

Health Minister Julius Timothy, said it is his hope that receiving assistance from outside of Dominica in ways such as this, will help improve telemedicine.

The students were all presented with certificates and small tokens of appreciation.

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3 Comments

  1. Amy
    December 23, 2013

    Well done to the Chilean team! They have been working hard in Dominica over the last few months and have done fantastic work on the electronic health record programs. They will be greatly missed here.

  2. Annon
    December 22, 2013

    Big thank you. Hope it is open source and will integrate well with other systems developed for the other units in future. Jus thinking ahead.

  3. December 22, 2013

    This is not the dark ages. The Time for increase in knowledge is here,as THE LORD Our GOD Promised.

    Seek HIM while HE can Be found.

    With Knowledge One is able to take a Responsible, informed consent.For everyone is accountable and must answer for his action.

    If you have a foundation,anyone who choose to build on it must consider and follow the plan. If all the building materials for building is given to you. Will you have what it takes to reject ideas, or instructions,or suggestions,patterns I give or offer you. Will you find it necessary to find a reason to prevent from coming into the building after it is complete. Will you tell me no to a request in line with this investment later on?

    We Are Saying THANK YOU LORD And Continue to Obey and Look And Live On.

    We Appreciate Such BLESSINGS.
    HIS Purpose WILL ALWAYS PREVAIL.

    THANK YOU FOR SHARING LOVE WITH THE PEOPLE IN SO MANY WAYS.

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