IHEARDC to build electronic health records system for Ghana

The Integrated Healthcare through Evidences and Recording for Developing Countries (IHEARDC) has organised a fundraising ceremony to help improve the Ghanaian medical record system.

The event which was organised at the Towson University in Maryland was attended by people from across Maryland, Washington DC and Virginia.

IHEARDC is a group of researchers led by Dr Yeong-Tae Song and Mr Lawrence Aikins from Towson University.

The event's main purpose was to explain the group's mission to Ghana, which is to build interoperable cloud based electronic health record system and an all in one clinical measurement device that is connected to a health records system.

Dr Nancy Abu-Bonsrah, the first black female neurosurgeon resident at the prestigious Johns Hopkins University school of medicine who was the guest speaker for the event talked about how pertinent and admirable the project was, encouraging participants at the event to support it.

She said, “I find this mission to be very admirable and the importance of developing electronic medical records cannot be underestimated especially in this technological age”.

She stressed that the project will help doctors, nurses and other healthcare providers in Ghana use data generated from the health record system to better assist their patients.

A delegation from the Embassy of Ghana in Washington, D.C led by Mr E.B. Asare-Asiedu was also in attendance.

Mr Asare-Asiedu who is the Head of Chancery at the Embassy thanked the IHEARDC team for embarking on such a noble cause and assured them of the support of the Government of Ghana.

You can visit iheardc.org to donate to the course and also get more details.