access to vital medication and enhanced understanding
Zambia is taking
strong action to
newsvilla.org prevent avoidable deaths by testing and deploying new methods
to get drugs to people on time,” said John Makumba, operations officer, Africa
Health Unit at the World Bank.
“Supply chains are
invisible and low profile, but when they don’t work, there are terrible
consequences.”
The IBM Analytics
capabilities will be integrated with the IBM MobileFirst application
devel
onnp.org opment portfolio, enabling staff at health facilities in three Zambian
districts to use mobile devices with barcode scanners to record and transmit
stock and utilization details to a central inventory control system.
This will ensure
continued access to vital medication and enhanced understanding of the usage
patterns of vital medication.
Peter Ward, solution
manager, IBM
panifol.com
said: “The Zambian pilot is designed to be sustainable and
locally owned. Our unique analytics technology can help save lives by ensuring
access to safe and effective medicines where they are needed most.
“IBM’s work to create
smarter healthcare systems around the world is optimized around the patient,
helping countries develop new patient-centric care models, and connecting
health information through analytics.”
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