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Aga Khan Health to implement MEDITECH ’ s EHR in Kenya , Tanzania
Aga Khan Health Services , East Africa , announced it would implement MEDITECH ’ s Expanse Electronic Health Record , at the hospitals in Aga Khan Health Services Tanzania and Aga Khan Health Services Kenya , and all outreach health clinics , forming a comprehensive network of healthcare services .
“ The dedication to enhancing patient care and experience lies at the heart of this endeavour ,” said Dr Zeenat Sulaiman , Regional Chief Executive Officer , Aga Khan Health Services , East Africa . “ The EHR system , integrated seamlessly into healthcare facilities across Tanzania and Kenya , is poised to drive patientcentric care .” plans . This improved coordination among care teams will optimise patient outcomes and elevate the overall quality of healthcare services .”
The signing follows the implementation of Expanse at the Aga Khan University ’ s , AKU teaching hospital in Nairobi . Aga Khan Health Services , East Africa ’ s Expanse implementation will be foundational to the transformation of healthcare delivery in the region . Benefits that AKHS , EA will leverage include enhanced interoperability , safer care delivery , improved efficiencies , data-driven insights , and increased patient engagement . in the region ,” said Michelle O ’ Connor , President and CEO , MEDITECH . MEDITECH empowers healthcare organisations everywhere to expand their vision of what ’ s possible with Expanse , the intuitive EHR setting new standards for usability , efficiency , and personalisation .
With streamlined medical data management , healthcare professionals can access comprehensive patient records , facilitating better-informed decisions and personalised treatment
“ We introduced the first integrated EHR in East Africa and are excited to partner with Aga Khan Health Services , East Africa to implement technology that will further extend its positive impact on healthcare delivery
Aga Khan Health Services , is one of three agencies of the Aga Khan Development Network , that supports activities in health care , together with the Aga Khan Foundation , and the Aga Khan University .
Analytics software provider FICO partners with LigaData to offer advanced solutions to telcos
Global analytics software provider FICO announced a partnership with LigaData to bring advanced decision management and optimisation tools to telecommunications firms in Africa , the Middle East and Asia . LigaData and FICO will offer hybrid-cloud and SaaS Decision as a service solution that communications service providers can use to increase revenues , decrease costs , and expand their digital and mobile financial services offerings .
Solutions offered by the two firms include mobile lending , price optimisation , collections optimisation , subscriber segmentation , and fraud detection solutions for communications service providers , with the aim of adding new revenue streams and expanding financial inclusion in emerging markets .
“ Our partnership with FICO will give communications service providers new tools to expand and compete in a datadriven marketplace ,” said Bassel Ojjeh , CEO of LigaData . “ In addition , we will be bringing to market new solutions that can help communications service providers serve the large number of unbanked and underbanked communities in Africa , the Middle East , and Asia .”
“ By combining world-class decision management and optimisation tools with LigaData ’ s world-class Data Fabric platform , we can help telecommunications providers in their transformation from telcos to techcos and serve new digital services customer segments with confidence ,” said Alexandre Graff , Vice President of Global Partners and Alliances at FICO .
LigaData is recognised as a big data solutions provider in the MEA region , serving more than 30 communications service providers . FICO was named Best Technology Provider for Data Analytics at the 2022 Credit
Awards , and a vendor among top providers in “ The Forrester Wave™ : AI Decisioning Platforms , Q2 2023 ” report .
LigaData of Silicon Valley is a telecom and mobile financial services solutions provider specialising in AI-driven solutions , products , and services for Communications Service Providers , enabling them with actionable insights and data-driven decisioning through a real-time , low-TCO , hybrid-multi-cloud Data Fabric .
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