Pediatrics and Family Medicine to be the Focus of New eHealth Service
Naryn Oblast Family Medicine Centre (pictured) will be connected to the Republican Children’s Clinical Hospital in Bishkek for eLearning in Family Medicine.
Kyrgyz Republic will soon be added to the list of countries in Asia where the AKDN eHealth Programme offers eHealth services. Ministry of Health officials in Bishkek and Naryn have extended their support for establishing eHealth connectivity between the Republican Children’s Clinical Hospital in Bishkek and the Naryn Oblast Hospital and the Naryn Oblast Family Medicine Centre in Naryn. The new connection will focus on teleconsultations in Paediatrics and eLearning in Family Medicine at the two sites, respectively.
The Central Asia Health Systems Strengthening project focuses on strengthening the performance of health facilities, especially government facilities, and improving the accessibility and quality of maternal, neonatal and child health services. In March 2015, AKDN eHRC and AKF officials met with Dr. Kamchybek Uzakbaev, Chief of the Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Centre in Bishkek and the Chief Paediatrician in the country to discuss the establishment of the eHealth link between his facility and the two facilities in Naryn. The eHealth link will enable the Bishkeke-based centre to provide second opinions on cases, i.e., teleconsultations, referred by clinicians in Naryn and to broadcast from Bishkek short courses and seminars on child health topics to residents and clinicians based at the two facilities in Naryn.
Naryn Oblast Hospital (pictured) will be connected to the Republican Children’s Clinical Hospital in Bishkek for Pediatrics teleconsultations.
AKDN eHRC and AKF officials then traveled to Naryn to meet with Dr. Anara Berdikojoeva, the Head of the Naryn Oblast Family Medicine Centre and Dr. Anara Kalmanbetova, Deputy Director of the Naryn Oblast Hospital to discuss their willingness to participate in the proposed eHealth programme. A meeting also took place with Mr. Karybek Tolgoev, Director General of Naryn Oblast Branch Office of JSC Kyrgyztelecom to assess the willingness of the telecom company to connect the two facilities in Naryn.
In order to initiate eHealth connection between the sites, these measures include formalising agreement with the government, assessing sites in Bishkek and Naryn, procuring and installing eHealth equipment, recruiting and training eHealth coordinators, and implementing eHealth operations.
In light of the oral agreement in place between the government facilities in Bishkek and Naryn and AKDN, certain measures will be taken to initiate the eHealth link between the sites. These include formalizing agreement with the government, assessing sites in Bishkek and Naryn, procuring and installing eHealth equipment, recruiting and training eHealth coordinators, and implementing eHealth operations.
