Onboard3 Web3 Meetup — UITH
The Onboard3 Web3 Meetup at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) was the second major event in the Onboard3 series — a NAHIMS SW Tech Hub flagship initiative designed to bring Web3 education directly to the doorstep of health information management students and healthcare professionals across Nigeria's Southwest Zone.
UITH, as one of Nigeria's premier tertiary health institutions and a major training ground for health information management professionals, provided the ideal setting for this conversation. The event drew enthusiastic participation from HIM students, clinical record officers, IT staff, and healthcare administrators eager to understand how decentralised technology is reshaping their field.
Why UITH?
The University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital occupies a special place in the health information management landscape — it trains some of the most capable HIM professionals in the country and serves as a live environment where the challenges of health data management play out every day. By hosting an Onboard3 meetup within this environment, NAHIMS SW brought the Web3 conversation directly to students who can see — and solve — real-world data management problems.
Event Programme
- Opening Address by NAHIMS SW Tech Hub — the vision behind Onboard3 and why Web3 matters for HIM
- Web3 Fundamentals for HIM Students — blockchain basics, consensus mechanisms, and how they apply to health records
- Electronic Health Records (EHR) on the Blockchain — a deep dive into decentralised EHR architectures and why they outperform centralised alternatives in interoperability and security
- Patient Data Ownership & Consent on Web3 — how smart contracts enable patients to control who sees their records
- Real-world Case Studies — Web3 health projects from Africa and globally that are solving HIM challenges
- Practical Onboarding Session — wallet creation, testnet transactions, and exploring a live health data dApp
- Networking & Mentorship — open floor session with tech professionals and NAHIMS SW leadership
Key Outcomes
The UITH Onboard3 Meetup was more than an event — it was a movement moment. Outcomes included:
- Over 50 students and health workers successfully onboarded to Web3 wallets
- Formation of a UITH-based Web3 study group linked to the NAHIMS Techub network
- Deepened awareness of the intersection between health informatics and emerging technologies
- Commitment from UITH chapter leadership to host quarterly digital health workshops
- Live showcase of a blockchain-based patient records prototype built by NAHIMS SW tech community members
Quotes from Attendees
"I came in thinking blockchain was only for cryptocurrency. I left knowing it could solve the record duplication problems we see every day in this hospital."
"The Onboard3 meetup at UITH showed us that the future of health records is decentralised. NAHIMS SW is ahead of the curve."
The Onboard3 Legacy
Together with the OSCOHEALTH edition, the UITH meetup established Onboard3 as the most impactful tech education series in NAHIMS SW history. Both events are part of a broader strategy by the NAHIMS SW Tech Hub and NAHIMS Techub to build a generation of health information management professionals who are not just consumers of digital health tools, but builders and advocates for a decentralised health data ecosystem.
Onboard3 UITH — knowledge that transforms, technology that heals.
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