{"id":100953,"date":"2025-10-30T08:11:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T08:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=100953"},"modified":"2025-10-30T08:11:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T08:11:52","slug":"health-minister-must-take-responsibility-for-lhims-lapses-dr-joshua-zaato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=100953","title":{"rendered":"Health minister must take responsibility for LHIMS lapses \u2014 Dr. Joshua Zaato"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senior Lecturer and Political Scientist at the University of Ghana, Dr Joshua Zaato, has criticised Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh for what he described as poor management of the transition from the Lightwave Health Information Management System (LHIMS) to the new Ghana Health Information Management System (GHIMS).<\/p>\n

Speaking on JoyNews\u2019 AM Show<\/em>, Dr Zaato questioned why the Minister failed to implement interim measures to prevent disruptions in health data services after assuming office.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou cannot be a ranking member of health and say that you didn\u2019t know this thing existed. You came into office and saw it \u2014 what did you do to alleviate the situation?\u201d he asked. <\/p>\n

\u201cAn effective manager would have put in stopgap measures to ensure there were no disruptions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Zaato\u2019s comments come after the Health Minister accused the company managing LHIMS of blackmailing the government by deliberately disrupting the system to pressure the ministry into removing key clauses from a new agreement.<\/p>\n

At the Government Accountability Series on Wednesday, October 29, Mr Akandoh claimed that the maintenance contract with the LHIMS vendor required the company to hand over full administrative access and data control to the government \u2014 conditions the vendor allegedly resisted.<\/p>\n

He added that the government was developing GHIMS, a new state-owned digital health platform, to ensure \u201cdata sovereignty\u201d and prevent similar disruptions in future.<\/p>\n

But Dr Zaato believes the situation reflects managerial lapses within the Health Ministry.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the contract was ending in 2024, it means by the time you assumed office, it was already over. So what did you do? Why wasn\u2019t there a contingency plan?\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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