Electronic Hospital Management System Software in Nigeria

Hospital Management Software in Nigeria is still in its infancy across the country. While many hospitals desire to implement such, the reality is that many do not have the budget for it.

When thinking of implementing a hospital management system in Nigeria, there are about seven cost centers to consider. while many vendors may play around open disclosure about these cost centers, no mater what you do, you ill be confronted with them on the long run. To be fore-warned is to be fore-armed or so the saying goes...

Cost Centers for Implementing Hospital information systems

Power: Yep! you need to a lage extent 24/7 power solution. interesting most private hospitals more or less have solved this problem. Generators, inverters, UPS, solar installations come to the rescue here.
Users: The need to assess, train, support and evaluate users before, during and after implementation must be considered.
Hardware: Client devices as well as back-end servers make up this component. In most instance this is the 20% that is responsible for 80% of the cost. For a very basic implementation, you would need at least 8-10 client devices. This client devices would be in the form of laptops, tablets, All in One etc. Please exclude desktop as they are power hungry. there is the argument that desktops are more secure and not easily stolen, but I would make a case that the cost of insurance is less than the cost of power and interruption that desktops portends.
Network: You need at least a wired or wireless LAN network within the hospital that connects the client devices to the back end.
Application: the software itself and its associated dependencies required for your hospital business processes
Case Note Archival: I would be necessary to budget for the need to convert old paper case notes to digital format or at least have the biodata of patents entered into the system
Project management and Implementation: Whoever is implementing should be paid something for the headache of transforming your hospital. Whatever you pay for you will get.
Support: This is the Achilles heel of electronic hospital management system implementation. If your support team is in India and you are in Nigeria, you would soon abandon that implementation!I regularly say that a bad software that is well supported will do better than a fantastic whistle and bell software that is poorly supported. Try ask you vendor for three months in-premise support at least.
I would be glad to hear what your experience has been in implementing hospital management software in Nigeria. Hopefully we can help overcome your issues and point to more successful implementation across the country. If you are considering implementing a solution, feel free to contact me(shameless plug!!).

To a better healthcare system in the country driven by technology.....

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