{"id":100689,"date":"2025-10-28T17:33:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T17:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=100689"},"modified":"2025-10-28T17:33:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T17:33:12","slug":"health-minister-to-meet-stakeholders-over-breakdown-of-electronic-records-in-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=100689","title":{"rendered":"Health Minister to meet stakeholders over breakdown of electronic records in hospitals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>2 Minute, 15 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div><div>\n<p>Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has disclosed that the Ministry of Health will convene a meeting with key stakeholders on Wednesday, October 29, to find a lasting solution to the recent breakdown of electronic health record systems that disrupted service delivery across several health facilities in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a Stakeholders\u2019 Conference organised by the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) in Accra, the minister said the engagement will seek to identify the root causes of the disruptions and develop a comprehensive plan to prevent future occurrences.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Audio-2025-10-28-at-11.10.54-1.mpeg.wav\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe National Health Insurance Authority has gone through some transformations, from piloting the mutual health insurance to the national health insurance as we have it now,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is not by coincidence that we have sustainable national health insurance at the moment. It is because it is anchored on domestic resource mobilisation, which we must not take for granted.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The minister noted that Ghana\u2019s health insurance system continues to show resilience despite declining foreign aid. <\/p>\n<p>He attributed this to the government\u2019s commitment to strengthening domestic resource mobilisation and the uncapping of the NHIS Fund, which has improved financial sustainability.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cAnd that is why we are not experiencing issues like because there is a cut of aid, we are not able to pay claims; because there\u2019s shrinking aid, we are not able to pay claims,\u201d he explained. \u201cWhen you have a strong domestic mobilisation of resources, there are no strings attached, and you are able to invest the resources where they are needed most.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Touching on the electronic records challenges, Mr. Akandoh said the ministry is taking a deliberate and coordinated approach to resolving the problem.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WhatsApp-Audio-2025-10-28-at-11.10.55.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThere is some current development about our electronic records of our patients in the country. It\u2019s been widely discussed and for us in the Ministry of Health, we don\u2019t just come out to speak. One will tell you the problems and where we have inherited it from; we also tell you the solutions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He assured that the ministry is committed to transparency and accountability in addressing the issue.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cToday, I wouldn\u2019t want to preempt what we\u2019ll be doing tomorrow. I can assure you that tomorrow morning by 9 a.m. we\u2019ll gather our stakeholders. 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height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mintah-Akandoh-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Minister of Health Kwabena Mintah Akandoh\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Health Minister to meet stakeholders over breakdown of electronic records in hospitals\">Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has disclosed that the Ministry of Health will convene a meeting with key stakeholders tomorrow to find a lasting solution to the recent breakdown of electronic health record systems that disrupted service delivery across several health facilities in the 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