[kictanet] Sh4.7 billion health data technology in limbo

Mon Jun 25 22:48:21 EAT 2018

To add on to this discussion:-

1. How does a project of this magnitude that involves both the central government and counties go through without the senate being involved?

2. Zero policy framework on the Portability of data and Accountability of the different players in the health sector regarding the security and sharing of sensitive personal health data, usage of the same for health policy development etc. 

3. There is a serious need to share data on healthcare but without a framework from soft and hard issues (from a technical interoperability perspective to basic customer service point view) what we will have is pedestrian execution and supply side driven procurement as opposed to real need. For example in a cloud computing world why the heck do we need data centers? The current data centers in the country are under utilized, NOFBI remains largely dark fiber and yet someone has approved the procurement of more servers..

4. There needs to be a holistic view of healthcare that covers the whole Healthcare sector.  As a country that is touted as a leader in tech across Africa we fall far short of Rwanda in the Portability and Accountability aspect of Healthcare data. See the link below from a discussion last week that I had on LinkedIn regarding this very subject and see how emotive the issue can be.

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6414664588985536512

5. Here’s a link to a discussion on HIPAA (The US’ Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) which Kenya can actually borrow from. I challenge the leaders in Government on this list to collaborate with us to lead policy in this very important matter.

https://searchhealthit.techtarget.com/definition/HIPAA

6. Lastly, when important matters like health are left to the vagaries of the ‘free market’ this is what we get. 

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> On 25 Jun 2018, at 7:23 PM, Alex Watila via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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> Good evening,
> Health Policy is national but implementation of Health Services is devolved
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> Regards,
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> Alex
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> From: kictanet <kictanet-bounces+awatila=yahoo.co.uk at lists.kictanet.or.ke> On Behalf Of Peter Wakaba via kictanet
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> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Sh4.7 billion health data technology in limbo
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> And isn't health supposed to be a devolved function?
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> On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 2:22 PM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> Listers,
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> It would be interesting for us to understand this project. In light of the fact that we have NOFBI in place what are the components of this project? i also think the project requires a data protection framework since it will be dealing with Health information which is really personal. My question is has the ministry of ICT or ICTA been involved in any way to shed some light on the project.
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> I don't think this kind of project should  just be left to the Ministry of Health, no wonder based on the article  the contractor is facing many challenges that should have been taken care of during the System Analysis and Design process.
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> My two cents
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> On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 10:46 AM, Grace Bomu via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> Listers,
> Trending story that raises among other questions:  health data without data protection laws;  the status and utility of NOFBI and of course, public spending.  
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> A local IT firm is on the spot over delayed implementation of the country’s Healthcare Information Technology system, 10 months after it was awarded the contract at a cost of Sh4.7billion.
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> Seven Seas Technologies is unable to explain their inability to complete a multi-billion shilling project that sought to centralise data centre at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) to senior officials at the Ministry of Health.
> Senior ministry officials have downplayed the matter, although medics at the radiology department decry work inefficiencies occasioned by system installation delays.
> Read on here
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