Lagos Adopts Technology To Aid Residents Access To Health Scheme — Leadership Newspaper

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Lagos State Government on Monday said it would adopt a technology based application that would ease resident’s access to the proposed mandatory Lagos State Health Scheme (LSHS) to be unveiled in the state soon.

The LSHS is a state-wide health insurance initiative targeted to ensure that all residents of the state have access to quality, affordable health care services.

The scheme covers treatment of common adult and childhood ailments, maternal and child services, preventive healthcare services, selected non-communicable diseases and surgeries.

The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris who revealed this in a statement he issued yesterday said the technology, ‘CarePay’ ICT platform is a mobile solution for scheme administration which serves as a digital health exchange that would connect the three important stakeholders in Healthcare: payers, healthcare providers and the users or beneficiaries.

He expressed optimism that the CarePay platform “will guarantee ownership of all…



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