Innovative approaches to application of information technology in disease surveillance and prevention in Western Kenya

Journal of Biomedical Informatics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 390-397

  Odero, Wilson ^a   Rotich, Joseph ^a   Yiannoutsos, Constantin T ^a,b   Ouna, Tom ^c   Tierney, William M ^b  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Electronic medical record; Geography information system; Injury surveillance

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DISEASES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; INNOVATION;

DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GEOGRAPHY INFORMATION SYSTEM; INJURY SURVEILLANCE;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INJURY; KENYA; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KENYA; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34547514144     PISSN: 15320464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbi.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Krug E.G., Sharma G.K., and Lozano R. The global burden of injuries. Am J Public Health 90 4 (2000) 523-526
2. Krug E.G. Injury: a leading cause of the global burden of disease (1999), World Health Organization, Geneva
3. World Health Organization. Preventing global injuries. Geneva: World Health Organization.
4. Baker S.P., O'Neill B., Ginsburg M.J., and Guohua L. The injury fact book. 2nd ed. (1992), Oxford University Press, New York
5. World Health Organization. Injury pyramid. Geneva: World Health Organization.
6. Guyer B., Berenholz G., and Gallagher S.S. Injury surveillance using hospital discharge abstracts coded by external cause of injury (E code). J Trauma 30 4 (1990) 470-473
7. Krug E. How can road safety be improved? More people die on the roads than from malaria, says WHO chief. BMJ 324 7346 (2002) 1116
8. Scurfield R. Poor quality data are major obstacle to improving road safety, says World Bank. BMJ 324 7346 (2002) 1116
9. Saidi H.S., and Kahoro P. Experience with road traffic accident victims at The Nairobi Hospital. East Afr Med J 78 8 (2001) 441-444
10. Siika A.M., Rotich J.K., Simiyu C.J., Kigotho E.M., Smith F.E., Sidle J.E., et al. An electronic medical record system for ambulatory care of HIV-infected patients in Kenya. Int J Med Inform 74 5 (2005) 345-355
11. Rotich J.K., Hannan T.J., Smith F.E., Bii J., Odero W.W., Vu N., et al. Installing and implementing a computer-based patient record system in sub-Saharan Africa: the Mosoriot Medical Record System. J Am Med Inform Assoc 10 4 (2003) 295-303
12. Hannan T.J., Tierney W.M., Rotich J.K., Odero W.W., Smith F., Mamlin J.J., et al. The Mosoriot Medical Record System (MMRS) phase I to phase II implementation: an outpatient computer-based medical record system in rural Kenya. Medinfo 10 Pt. 1 (2001) 619-622
13. Hannan T.J., Rotich J.K., Odero W.W., Menya D., Esamai F., Einterz R.M., et al. The Mosoriot Medical Record System: design and initial implementation of an outpatient electronic record system in rural Kenya. Int J Med Inform 60 1 (2000) 21-28
14. Voelker R. Conquering HIV and stigma in Kenya. JAMA 292 2 (2004) 157-159
15. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. International classification of external causes of injuries. Short version (short ICECI) data collection form for a pilot study. Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 1999.
16. In: Holder Y., Peden M., Krug E.J.L., Gururaj G., and Kobusingye O. (Eds). Injury surveillance guidelines (2001), World Health Organization, Geneva
17. Tierney W.M., Rotich J.K., Smith F.E., Bii J., Einterz R.M., and Hannan T.J. Crossing the digital divide: implementing an electronic medical record system in a rural Kenyan health center to support clinical care and research. Proceedings of the American medical informatics association (2002) 792-795
18. Curtis A. Using a spatial filter and a geographic information system to improve rabies surveillance data. Emerg Infect Dis 5 5 (1999) 603-606
19. Newcombe R.G., Lyons R.A., Jones S.J., and Patterson J. Home injuries and built form-methodological issues and developments in database linkage. BMC Health Serv Res 5 1 (2005) 12
20. Williams K.G., Schootman M., Quayle K.S., Struthers J., and Jaffe D.M. Geographic variation of pediatric burn injuries in a metropolitan area. Acad Emerg Med 10 7 (2003) 743-752
21. Odero W.W., Einterz R.M., Mungai S., and Tierney W.M. Using an electronic medical record system to describe injury epidemiology and health care utilization at an inner-city hospital in Indiana. Inj Control Saf Promot 11 (2005) 269-279
22. Mamlin J., Kimaiyo S., Nyandiko W., Tierney W., and Einterz R. Academic institutions linking access to treatment and prevention: case study. Perspectives and practice in antiretroviral treatment (2004), World Health Organization, Geneva
23. Mamlin B.W., and Biondich P.G. AMPATH Medical Record System (AMRS): collaborating toward an EMR for developing countries. Proceedings of the American medical informatics association (2005) 490-494