{"id":23638,"date":"2014-06-09T17:05:23","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T17:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=23638"},"modified":"2014-06-09T15:46:33","modified_gmt":"2014-06-09T15:46:33","slug":"nhia-to-run-telemedicine-and-ambulance-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/nhia-to-run-telemedicine-and-ambulance-service\/","title":{"rendered":"NHIA to run telemedicine and ambulance service"},"content":{"rendered":"
Deputy Chief Executive in Charge of Finance and Investment of National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Alexander Odoi Nartey, has disclosed that the Authority will soon run Tele-medicine and ambulances services from its Call Centre.<\/p>\n
The Tele-medicine system makes it possible for a physician to prescribe drugs and other medicament via electronic medium to a patient and according to Mr Nartey, the initiative is to make quality healthcare more accessible and readily available to clients.<\/p>\n
He has therefore entreated workers of the NHIA to educate clients consistently on the toll free call centre number- 05444446447, which is usable on both Vodafone and MTN.<\/p>\n
Mr Nartey, who made this known at a durbar in the Western Region to interact with staff of the Authority, entreated them to work hard to sustain the good reputation of the NHIA both local and international.<\/p>\n
He said Ghana\u2019s NHIA model has become example for the international community, adding: \u201cWe need to share knowledge through working experience.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to him, management is working to surmount the challenges facing the Authority and urged the staff to work hard despite the limited resources.<\/p>\n
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Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Deputy Chief Executive in Charge of Finance and Investment of National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Alexander Odoi Nartey, has disclosed that the Authority will soon run Tele-medicine and ambulances services from its Call Centre. The Tele-medicine system makes it possible for a physician to prescribe drugs and other medicament via electronic medium to a patient […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[15],"yoast_head":"\n