
04/08/2025
CS for Health Duale unveiled the nationwide Biometric Health Identification (BHI) system alongside three other key digital innovations at Kenyatta University Teaching, Research and Referral Hospital (KUTRRH), marking a major milestone in transforming Kenya's healthcare through the Digital Superhighway and the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA).
The four innovations launched include:
1. Biometric Health ID (BHI) – Enables secure, document-free access to care using fingerprints, cutting fraud, paperwork and wait times.
2. Practise360 App – Geo-fenced tool to curb misuse of medical pre-authorizations.
3. National Product Catalogue – Blocks fake drugs by ensuring only verified medicines are used.
4. Health Information Exchange (HIE) – Enables secure sharing of patient data across facilities and counties.
Already rolled out in Level 4–6 hospitals, biometric registration is expanding to Levels 2 and 3, with 24 counties now adopting Hospital Management Information Systems (HMIS).
Also noted that 99% of walk-in patients at KUTRRH are enrolled in SHA, with 29 biometric devices active.
The Ministry will launch a pharmaceutical Track-and-Trace system next month and enhance digital oversight through KMPDC to w**d out fraudulent facilities under Taifa Care.
These digital tools mark a new era of efficient, transparent and patient-focused healthcare delivery.