{"id":155932,"date":"2025-03-20T22:23:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T21:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigeria-in-need-of-ai-driven-telemedicine-healthcare-system-prof-ekwueme"},"modified":"2025-04-03T18:30:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T17:30:06","slug":"nigeria-in-need-of-ai-driven-telemedicine-healthcare-system-prof-ekwueme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-in-need-of-ai-driven-telemedicine-healthcare-system-prof-ekwueme","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria in need of AI-driven telemedicine healthcare system \u2013 Prof Ekwueme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigerian Government has been advised to integrate Artificial Intelligence-driven telemedicine healthcare in the nation\u2019s hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Chuks Ekwueme, the Chairman of Uniccon, gave this advice on Thursday while addressing reporters in Abuja, adding that such move would transform Nigeria\u2019s healthcare landscape.<\/p>\n<p>He said a country of over 200 million citizens should work towards making the healthcare system easily accessible and affordable.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Nigeria should aim at expanding access to quality healthcare in rural communities.<\/p>\n<p>Ekwueme said healthcare should be convenient, not complicated, adding that AI-driven telemedicine healthcare would ensure access to quality medical advice in minutes to anyone, regardless of location or financial status.<\/p>\n<p>Ekwueme said such AI system would offer users\/patients a robust healthcare application, that would ease or bridge the gap in accessing healthcare service in Africa, especially when individuals understand how hectic the process could be, due to fewer nor underfunded medical facilities.<\/p>\n<p>He said this initiative would provide instant virtual consultations, smart symptom analysis, and accessible healthcare services across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will also reduce cost, gap in manpower supply, increase efficiency, increase reach and reduce stress on government facilities,\u201d he said<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be a very good initiative for Government owned hospitals to collaborate with telemedicine providers, by integrating that into it\u2019s hospital management system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith a doctor-to-patient ratio far below WHO recommendations&#8230;AI system will help to analyse symptoms and recommend next steps, significantly reducing consultation times and improving diagnosis accuracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the shortfall in healthcare workers, health centers and funding, Telemedicine remains the easiest, fastest and affordable means of offering a certain category of health services to the rural areas.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the telemedicine does not supplant physical consultation or examination, especially in the cases of emergency.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Nigerian Government has been advised to integrate Artificial Intelligence-driven telemedicine healthcare in the nation\u2019s hospitals. Prof. Chuks Ekwueme, the Chairman of Uniccon, gave this advice on Thursday while addressing reporters in Abuja, adding that such move would transform Nigeria\u2019s healthcare landscape. 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