A computer-based medical record system and personal digital assistants to assess and follow patients with respiratory tract infections visiting a rural Kenyan health centre

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Diero, Lameck ^a   Rotich, Joseph K ^a   Bii, John ^a   Mamlin, Burke W ^b,c   Einterz, Robert M ^b   Kalamai, Irene Z ^d   Tierney, William M ^b,c  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Mosoriot Rural Health Center   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KENYA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AFTERCARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MICROCOMPUTER; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STANDARDS; TIME; UTILIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AFTERCARE; AMBULATORY CARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KENYA; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745469264     PISSN: 14726947     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-6-21     Document Type: Article

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