About CORTEX.
CORTEX began inside the Ministry of Health as its pharmaceutical supply chain platform. It is now [becoming / established as] a government agency responsible for Guyana’s national digital health platform.
Draft for approval. The mission and vision are proposed wording. Dates and governance details are placeholders until CORTEX’s legal status is confirmed.
Our mission
To give everyone who works in Guyana’s public health system accurate, timely information about medicines, supplies and care, so patients get what they need wherever they live.
Our vision
A connected public health system in which no facility runs out of essential medicines without warning, and every patient can find and reach care.
How CORTEX started.
A supply chain system that grew into a national platform.
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[Year]
A Ministry of Health platform
CORTEX was built to track medicines and supplies from the Materials Management Unit to regions and facilities.
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[Year]
From supply to care
Cycle counts, expiry management, quality assurance and dispensing brought the record closer to the patient. CORA was developed for patients and the public.
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[Year]
A government agency
[Describe the establishment of CORTEX as an agency, and under what authority]
How we work.
Commitments that guide how CORTEX is built and run.
People make the decisions
Where CORTEX uses AI, it only advises. A person reviews every suggestion, and CORTEX does not act on its own.
Personal data is protected
We handle personal data in line with Guyana’s Data Protection Act 2023 and collect only what each service needs.
Every region counts
We design for coastal hospitals and for health posts in riverine and hinterland communities alike.
Clear and accessible
We write in plain English and build services that work for people with disabilities and people who find reading hard.
Governance.
Who CORTEX is accountable to, and how it is run.
- Legal name
- [Publishing entity legal name]
- Legal status
- [Legal status, for example statutory body or agency, and the Act, Order or instrument that establishes it, with year]
- Responsible ministry
- [Ministry or office CORTEX reports to]
- Relationship with the Ministry of Health
- [How CORTEX and the Ministry of Health work together, including data sharing arrangements]
- Oversight
- [Board, steering committee or other oversight body, if applicable]
- Data protection officer
- [Title of the designated data protection officer]. Contact: dpo@cortex.gov.gy
- Reports
- [Annual reports and audited financial statements will be published here]
Leadership
- [Name][Title, for example Chief Executive Officer]
- [Name][Title]
- [Name][Title]