E-health recording is possible in the context of Bangladesh

Health service providers are getting hyperactive windows from the blessing of cybernetic connection. Newly developed computer based gadgets are best companion for doctors along with their traditional equipment like stethoscope and thermometer in many countries. Last week 120 health practitioners were successfully trained up on ICT implications in medical science in an international course titled "e-Health & Learning: Health Informatics Training Courses for Practitioners (e-HL-HIC)." After the certificate distribution ceremony, the course contact person Dr Abul Kashem Mia, professor of BUET and Dr Ing Gianni Zanrei, system administrator of MiNE programme spoke to "The Independent" exclusively. Professor of computer science, Dr Md Abul Kashem Mia said: "A significant contribution can come from our doctors' community in developing a database system for keeping patients' records. Our doctors and hospitals are not following updated info preserving system. They are not even habituated to keeping patients' health data in their chambers and hospitals. They give prescriptions, pathology test reports, x-ray reports, etcetera to the patients to preserve in their house. Eventually, many of the patients lose the records. In the developed countries doctors are obliged to keep the report in their data bank. But we are witnessing contrary scenario in this country. In the era of info-tech patients do not need files to go from one medical department to another. By entering a patient's name all concerned doctors can see her or his reports right in their chambers or hospitals. After our two successful IT projects for the doctors' community, we are watching them gradually develop positive attitude towards keeping patients records in their responsible area. Now they have realised that data based software will catapult their services as well as save some additional expenditure. More...

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