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SPECIAL TASK FORCE ON DEVELOPING INVESTMENT PROJECT
PIPELINE IN THE EU- MALTA PROJECT LIST
Project No 4
Social Infrastructure – Health : Data handling and decision making ( e-
health):
Developing infrastructure for procurement, handling, storage and
distribution of medicines under public health services
Project details:
This Project involves reducing carried stock levels of medicine through
proper procurement and handling systems. Stock turnover per annum is
planned to be quadrupled from the present 3 times to 12 times and
involving as much as possible systems for direct delivery from suppliers
to consumers at point of use. This would reduce storage and handling
costs (especially by shifting expiry date risks on to suppliers) and would
improve traceability of proper use of the medicine.
Technology based systems would be introduced including new central
storage depot for centralised control of medicines that pass through the
stores, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) to monitor movements of
stock till its end use ( and detect abuse), and introducing tech-based
medicine systems within state hospitals through dispensing machines in
wards which will register the staff user, the patient/bed end user and
will register automatic stock use and re-order to replenish stocks in
dispensing machine at regular intervals. There will also be automatic
control with medicines levels authorised by medical specialists to ensure
that dispensing levels match authorised levels.
Estimated Cost:
The Project is being spearheaded by The Ministry for Energy and Health
through the Parliamentary Secretariat for health and through the latter’s
Medicine Division:
https://www.gov.mt/en/Services-And-Information/Business-
Areas/Health%20Services/Pages/Medicine.aspx
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PIPELINE IN THE EU- MALTA PROJECT LIST
Project No 4
Social Infrastructure – Health : Data handling and decision making ( e-
health):
Developing infrastructure for procurement, handling, storage and
distribution of medicines under public health services
Project details:
This Project involves reducing carried stock levels of medicine through
proper procurement and handling systems. Stock turnover per annum is
planned to be quadrupled from the present 3 times to 12 times and
involving as much as possible systems for direct delivery from suppliers
to consumers at point of use. This would reduce storage and handling
costs (especially by shifting expiry date risks on to suppliers) and would
improve traceability of proper use of the medicine.
Technology based systems would be introduced including new central
storage depot for centralised control of medicines that pass through the
stores, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) to monitor movements of
stock till its end use ( and detect abuse), and introducing tech-based
medicine systems within state hospitals through dispensing machines in
wards which will register the staff user, the patient/bed end user and
will register automatic stock use and re-order to replenish stocks in
dispensing machine at regular intervals. There will also be automatic
control with medicines levels authorised by medical specialists to ensure
that dispensing levels match authorised levels.
Estimated Cost:
The Project is being spearheaded by The Ministry for Energy and Health
through the Parliamentary Secretariat for health and through the latter’s
Medicine Division:
https://www.gov.mt/en/Services-And-Information/Business-
Areas/Health%20Services/Pages/Medicine.aspx
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