Nigeria’s government has approved a new e-health system designed to improve the efficiency of the Health Department.
The system dubbed Regulatory and Business Practices Improvement and Information Management System was approved by The Federal Executive Council for the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
The project is designed to deliver an electronic network that will facilitate transactions between NHIS and other organizations, which include health management organizations, insurance companies and health financiers.
The E-NHIS project was put forward by Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Prof Onyebuchi Chukwu, and will be run in collaboration with the IFC/World Bank. The bank will grant USD1.36 million, while the Nigerian government has approved the payment of USD554,785.78 which is 40 percent of the project.
