The Association of General Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria (AGPMPN) and Medismarts have signed a strategic agreement that will see Medismarts deploy its Electronic Medical Records (EMR) cloud platform to its over 2,000 member hospitals in Lagos State. As part of the agreement, Medismarts has the mandate to go to the AGPMPN’s 18 zones in Lagos State with the objective of ensuring that all hospitals records are digitized and interconnected, a joint statement by the duo said.AGPMPN and Medismart agreed to configure the platform and deliver same at no cost to the private hospital practitioners in Lagos State. Access to the system for every registered account holder is for a life time. Chairman AGPMPN Lagos, Dr. Adeyeye. J. Arigbabuwo, said, “Talks have commenced with the various IT partners to see near free supply of the hardware necessary to drive home this laudable project. The only investment to be made by a hospital is to provide either a computer desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphone that is internet enabled.
Medismarts will manage all backend issues and ensure that access is 24/7 with little or no down time. With the expected success of this unique project, we hope to re-enforce and take medical practice in Lagos to the next level,” he said. According to Damilola Oni, co-founder Medismarts,“We are excited by this strategic partnership, as it will get us closer to our goal of ensuring that all the major players in the health sector including hospitals, HMO’s, government and the every day man in the street are interconnected.”
