Adelusi-Adeluyi urges healthcare professionals to embrace digital platforms
Towards improving patient outcomes, healthcare professionals in Nigeria have been urged to tap the benefits of information technology in order to change the face of medical practice in the country and avoid being left out of global trends.
Former Minister of Health and President, Nigerian Academy of Pharmacy, Prince Julius Adelusi-Adeluyi, gave the advice in Lagos recently during the launch of IQVIA HCPSpace in Nigeria.
IQVIA HCPSpace is a digital healthcare platform by leading global provider of information, innovative technology solutions and human data science, IQVIA, formerly known as Quintiles IMS.
Adelusi-Adeluyi who chaired the occasion, said time has come for healthcare professionals in the country to leverage on communication and networking in order to improve the net worth of health service given to the patients.
To underscore this approach, he enjoined them to become early adopters in the use of digital health platforms that would positively improve patient outcomes.
The pharmacist who has been canvassing for peace among the various professional groups in the health sector, noted that IQVIA’s HCPSpace is a bridge-building tool that will encourage collaboration among healthcare providers whilst driving efficiency, performance and capacity utilization as well as innovation in the nation’s health space as a whole.
“I would like to commend IQVIA for trying to crack a problem that has remained with Nigeria for quite a while, given the numbers of government committees that had been set up in the past to solve the challenge of interprofessional collaboration and promote harmony in the health space. This tool will be a blessing to the nation as it will radically alter Nigeria’s health landscape for good and help to reduce unnecessary competition among professionals,” Adelusi-Adeluyi stated.
Chairman of the IQVIA HCPSpace Advisory Board, Dr. Femi Olugbile, pointed to the growing domestication of technology for personal and professional use across the world as well as creating a sense of team in community via multi-specialty task performance and problem solving tools.
Olugbile also noted that healthcare around the world faces imminent disruption as evidenced by an alliance announced recently by three heavy weights in Corporate America – e-commerce giants, Amazon, global multinational, Berkshire Hathaway and Investment bank, JPMorgan Chase. The HCPSpace provides a solid platform to prepare for the imminent disruption of the nation’s health space.
He explained: “All over the world, there is an increasing awareness that communication and collaboration are essential ingredients for the creation of a thriving, high-achieving healthy work force, as well as a system that delivers good quality healthcare to patients.”
Providing the reason for the platform’s existence, Country Manager, West Africa, IQVIA in General, Pharm. Remi Adeseun said: “We are very confident that the IQVIA HCPSpace will help improve the healthcare professionals’ practice, patient experience and produce desired healthcare outcomes.”
Director, Technology Solutions, AMESA, IQVIA in Technology, Ravi Akelia; Country Manager, West Africa, IQVIA in General, Remi Adeseun; President, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Pharm Ahmed Yakassai; President, Nigeria Medical Association, Prof. Mike Ogirima; President, Nigerian Academy of Pharmacy, Prince Julius Adelusi-Adeluyi; and Chairman, IQVIA HCPSpace Advisory Board, Dr. Femi Olugbile during the MOU Signing Ceremony at the official launch of the IQVIA HCPSpace in Lagos
Angela Onwuzoo
