Photo: Medical Technology
Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton (right) examines the newly launched DigiScripts platform — an electronic medical file management, transcription, and communication system for private medical practitioners, pharmacies and laboratories — which is presented on a tablet by Dr Leslie Samuels (left), managing director of DigiScripts, and Nikki-Ann Bernard, operations manager. Last weekend, several of the island’s leading doctors and medical professionals converged at the Jamaica Pegasus for the Medical Association of Jamaica Symposium 2017, held under the theme ‘Trauma: A National Public Health Problem’. Among the highlights was the presentation of medical technology, including the DigiScripts platform, by locally owned medical service companies.