Hybrid data capture for monitoring patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in urban Botswana

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Bussmann, Hermann ^a   Wester, C William ^a   Ndwapi, Ndwapi ^b   Vanderwarker, Chris ^a   Gaolathe, Tendani ^b   Tirelo, Geoffrey ^b   Avalos, Ava ^a   Moffat, Howard ^b   Marlink, Richard G ^c  

^a BOTSWANA HARVARD AIDS INSTITUTE PARTNERSHIP   (Botswana)

^b PRINCESS MARINA HOSPITAL   (Botswana)

^c Harvard AIDS Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Automatic data processing; Botswana (source: MeSH, NLM); Computerized; Data collection; Medical records; Medical records systems

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

DATA ACQUISITION; HEALTH MONITORING; URBAN POPULATION;

ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DRUG ACTIVITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; PILOT STUDY; URBAN AREA;

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BOTSWANA; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DRUG MONITORING; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; OPTICAL STORAGE DEVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RNA, VIRAL; TIME FACTORS;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33244456606     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.04.019307     Document Type: Article

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