Designing and implementing an electronic health record system in primary care practice in sub-Saharan Africa: A case study from Cameroon

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 179-186

  Kamadjeu, Raoul M ^a,b,e   Tapang, Euloge M ^c   Moluh, Roland N ^d  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Cameroon)

^b CENTERS FOR DIS CONTR AND PREV   (United States)

^c Softec Ltd   (Cameroon)

^d UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Computerized medical record; International Classification for Primary Care; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CAMEROON; CASE STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EXPERIMENTATION; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MONITORING; NOMENCLATURE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; URBAN AREA;

EID: 28044440701     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14236/jhi.v13i3.595     Document Type: Review

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