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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), provides details of the data centre being established to link patients’ information from all public health centres and hospitals to one central network. Joining him are (from left) the Ministry’s Information System 4 Health (IS4H), Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Lead, Shawn Bolton; and Director, Government Enterprise and Information Technology Solutions, at Cable and Wireless Communications (C&W), Carol Robertson. The Minister participated in a tour of the e-Gov Jamaica Limited Data Centre and the C&W Warehouse, which stores the equipment to be used for the project, on May 12.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), provides details of the data centre being established to link patients’ information from all public health centres and hospitals to one central network. Joining him are (from left) the Ministry’s Information System 4 Health (IS4H), Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Lead, Shawn Bolton; and Director, Government Enterprise and Information Technology Solutions, at Cable and Wireless Communications (C&W), Carol Robertson. The Minister participated in a tour of the e-Gov Jamaica Limited Data Centre and the C&W Warehouse, which stores the equipment to be used for the project, on May 12.

ICT Infrastructure To Process Public Health Transactions Quickly
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COVID-19 Clinical Management Summary for Monday, May 16, 2022
Medical Officer of Health, St. Elizabeth Health Services, Dr. Tonia Dawkins-Beharie.
Medical Officer of Health, St. Elizabeth Health Services, Dr. Tonia Dawkins-Beharie.

Medical Officer Of Health Says COVID-19 Not Over In St. Elizabeth
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses an adoption ceremony for the Yallahs Health Centre, St. Thomas, on Friday, May 13.
Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, addresses an adoption ceremony for the Yallahs Health Centre, St. Thomas, on Friday, May 13.

Health Infrastructure In St. Thomas To Be Improved

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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), greets President of the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ), Patsy Edwards-Henry (left), at the launch of National Nurses Week and International Nurses Day at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on May 12. At right is Operations and Programme Manager, LASCO Chin Foundation, Tahirah Fraser.
Health & Wellness

Health Minister Suggests Flexible Contract Option for Nurses

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is suggesting that nurses pursuing job opportunities overseas, opt for a flexible contract which will allow them to continue working in Jamaica as well. “I would like to see the day…when a nurse can work in Miami for three months and come back to Jamaica and work for two months…and...
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Youth attending the National Family Planning Board (NFPB) Yute Expression Official Launch and Awards ceremony, held on Wednesday (May 11) at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew.
EducationHealth & WellnessYouth

Youth The Focus For Sexual Health Programmes

There is an increase in the number of sexually involved youth, pregnancies and related ills, and more actions are needed to reduce these incidents. So said Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, who was delivering the keynote address at the National Family Planning Board (NFPB) Yute Expression Official Launch and Awards Ceremony, held...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), enjoys a light moment with (from left) President of the Nurses Association of Jamaica (NAJ), Patsy Edwards-Henry; NAJ/ LASCO Nurse of the Year 2021-2022, Lillian Lewis-McDonald; Student Nurse of the Year, Alicia Vickers; and Operations and Programme Manager, LASCO Chin Foundation, Tahirah Fraser. They were at the launch of National Nurses Week and International Nurses Day at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew on May 12.
Health & WellnessTechnology

Healthcare Workers Encouraged To Get Familiar With The Computer

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, is advising healthcare workers to familiarise themselves with the computer, as the Government moves to implement a digital health-information system. He suggested that workers, specifically nurses, could take a computer course if they do not know how to operate the device. The Minister was speaking to nurses in attendance at...
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Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (centre), provides details about the information and communications technology (ICT) system that will link patient’s information from all public health centres and hospitals to one central network. He is flanked by ICT Lead on the Ministry’s Information System 4 Health (IS4H) project, Shawn Bolton (left) and Director, Government Enterprise and Information Technology Solutions at Cable and Wireless Communications (C&W), Carol Robertson. Occasion was a tour of the C&W warehouse on Carlton Crescent on May 12, which stores the equipment to be used under the project. The Minister also visited the e-Gov Jamaica Limited Data Centre on Old Hope Road.
Health & WellnessTechnology

Gov’t Invests US$8.4 Million In Health Sector ICT System

Government is advanced in building out the information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure, which will provide real-time data for hospitals and health centres across the island. The US$8.4-million project is part of the Health System Strengthening Programme, which is being financed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) with support from the European Union. (EU) The initiative, which is the first...
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