By Toyosi Olajide
eClat Healthcare Limited, a subsidiary of Interswitch Group and an innovative health-tech solutions provider has announced the relaunch of the eClinic, a product that will effectively address challenges associated with medical records management in the healthcare industry.
eClinic is a specially organized healthcare service product that focuses on patients and transforms a familiar analogue system of record-keeping into a digitalized process, where patients’ data are kept secure and easily accessible. It is also developed with specialised modules that function at various clinical levels such as antenatal and immunisation, aggregating data from different centres and providing a single front for enterprise capabilities.
The platform is centralized on records of patients, ensuring their data is within reach of health workers, opening avenues for swift analysis, efficiency, and thoroughness in healthcare management across in the country.
Commenting on the eClinic relaunch, Wallace Ogufere, Chief Executive Officer, Interswitch eClat, said the introduction of the improved health-tech solution to the healthcare system in Nigeria would facilitate efficiency and enhance trust between patients and their healthcare providers, as patients are guaranteed their safety and the safety of their medical records.
Wallace said further: “The infusion of technology into the healthcare system in Nigeria will certainly increase efficiency, save costs and entrust trust between patients and their healthcare providers. Ultimately, this is the goal of eClinic, among other benefits”.
Meanwhile, eClinic was created as a flexible tool to serve a range of healthcare providers, from small, single care providers to multi-specialist facilities, making it a well-rounded platform tailored to the varying needs of healthcare providers, and complementing existing systems.
The solution was designed with three layers of care providers in mind: the eClinicPHC, which was designed for primary care providers, and the eClinicPlus, designed for secondary and tertiary care institutions, reducing costs for health service providers and retaining data integrity and security.
In furtherance of the relaunch, the eClinic solutions have new features integrated into it, such as inventory and stock keeping, patient appointment and queue management, medical and insurance billing, assets management, integration to third-party systems via API, quick messaging and notification, medical coding, backup, and multi-location support, among others, patients are assured of an improved healthcare delivery process when they walk into their preferred care provider for health-related matters.