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The CORTEX platform.

One shared record of medicines, supplies and, over time, the care patients receive. Here is each part, who uses it, and whether it is available yet.

  1. Procurement
  2. Materials Management Unit
  3. Regional bonds
  4. Health facilities
  5. Wards and dispensaries
  6. Patients
Supply chain

Stock accounted for at every level.

Medicines move from the Materials Management Unit to regional bonds, then to hospitals, health centres and health posts. CORTEX records each step.

In use now

National medicine inventory and supply chain

A single national record of the medicines and medical supplies held at the Materials Management Unit, regional bonds and health facilities.

  • See current stock for each item at each level.
  • Raise requests from a facility to its region, and from a region to the Materials Management Unit.
  • Escalate requests a region cannot fill.
  • Record dispatches and receipts, so stock in transit is accounted for.

Used by: Materials Management Unit staff, regional health teams, facility managers and pharmacists.

In use now

Cycle counts with blind double-entry verification

Regular stock counts in which two people count the same items separately, without seeing each other’s figures.

  • CORTEX compares the two counts with each other and with the system record.
  • Differences are flagged for review. They are not overwritten.
  • Each resolution is recorded with who made it and why.

Why it matters: independent counts catch mistakes and make stock records harder to alter without notice.

In use now

Expiry management

Expiry dates are recorded with stock, so medicines are used before they expire.

  • Shows items close to expiry at each store and facility.
  • Helps staff use the oldest stock first, or move it to where it is needed.
  • Keeps expired stock out of the usable total.

Used by: pharmacists, store staff and facility managers.

In use now

Quality assurance workflows

Checks that stock leaving the national store matches what was ordered, in the right quantity and condition.

  • Picked orders go through a blind QA count and an inspection before dispatch.
  • Discrepancies are raised, investigated and resolved in CORTEX.
  • Every step is logged with the person who completed it.

Used by: quality assurance and Materials Management Unit staff.

Coming soon

Region-to-region emergency stock transfers

When a region runs short in an emergency, another region will be able to send it stock directly.

  • A separate emergency route, alongside the existing ways of requesting stock.
  • The requesting region confirms the shortage. The donating region approves what it can send.
  • The transfer is tracked from approval to receipt.

Will be used by: regional health teams.

Coming soon

Drone delivery to remote facilities

Many health posts in riverine and hinterland communities are hours from the nearest road. Approved facilities will be able to request delivery by drone.

  • The drone team confirms a flight date and time before the order is processed.
  • Stock goes through the same picking and quality checks as any other dispatch.
  • Regions keep control of how stock travels, and can switch to road or river when that is faster.

Will be used by: facilities, regional health teams, the Materials Management Unit and the drone team.

Clinical care

Medicines linked to the care patients receive.

Supply data is most useful when it is connected to wards, health workers and patients.

In use now

Facility and ward dispensing

Records medicines as they leave the facility pharmacy, whether to a ward or to a patient.

  • Records stock issued from the pharmacy to each ward.
  • Records medicines dispensed to patients against their prescriptions.
  • Keeps a dispensing log for each facility.

Used by: pharmacists, ward staff and facility managers.

Coming soon

Clinical point-of-care

Tools for doctors, nurses and other health workers to record care at the point it is given.

  • Record what happens during a patient visit.
  • Link treatment to the medicines dispensed.
  • [Further scope to be confirmed]

Will be used by: clinical staff at health facilities.

Coming soon

Telemedicine integration

Health workers at remote facilities will be able to consult clinicians at other sites without the patient travelling.

  • Connects CORTEX with the telemedicine tools used at facilities.
  • Shares records using open health data standards.

Will be used by: health workers at remote facilities and the clinicians who support them.

Coming soon

AI-assisted insights

Advisory only, never autonomous. AI will point out patterns staff may want to look at, such as stock that may run out before the next delivery.

  • A person reviews every suggestion and makes every decision.
  • CORTEX will not place orders, move stock or change records on its own.
  • Each suggestion will be clearly marked as AI-generated.

Will be used by: managers at facility, regional and national level.

Patient services

Patients reach CORTEX through CORA.

Patients use CORA. Clinics work in CORTEX. The two are connected.

Coming soon

Appointments and referrals

A national way to book clinic appointments and track referrals between facilities.

  • Patients will request appointments through CORA.
  • Clinics will confirm appointments and manage their schedules in CORTEX.
  • Referrals will be tracked from the referring facility to the patient’s visit.

Will be used by: patients, clinic staff and referring health workers.

Patient service

CORA

For patients and the public. General health information, a clinic finder, and appointment requests. CORA gives general guidance only and does not diagnose illness.

[CORA availability, for example “Open to the public in beta”]

Go to cora.gov.gy

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