A web-based laboratory information system to improve quality of care of tuberculosis patients in Peru: Functional requirements, implementation and usage statistics

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Blaya, Joaquin A ^a,b   Shin, Sonya S ^a,b   Yagui, Martin J A ^c   Yale, Gloria ^d   Suarez, Carmen Z ^e   Asencios, Luis L ^c   Cegielski, J Peter ^f   Fraser, Hamish S F ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Peru)

^d Laboratorio Regional   (Peru)

^e Direccion de Salud IV Lima Este   (Peru)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PERU; QUALITY CONTROL; TUBERCULOSIS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; LABORATORY; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CLINICAL LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERU; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 38148999474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-7-33     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis as a cause of death in patients co-infected with tuberculosis and HIV in a rural area of South Africa. NR Gandhi A Moll AW Sturm R Pawinski T Govender U Lalloo K Zeller J Andrews G Friedland, Lancet 2006 368 9547 1575 1580 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69573-1 17084757
2. Timely diagnosis of MDR-TB under program conditions: is rapid drug susceptibility testing sufficient? M Yagui MT Perales L Asencios L Vergara C Suarez G Yale C Salazar M Saavedra S Shin O Ferrousier, Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2006 10 8 838 843 16898366
3. Personal Communication. R Hurtado, 2006
4. Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in patients without HIV infection. EE Telzak K Sepkowitz P Alpert S Mannheimer F Medard W el-Sadr S Blum A Gagliardi N Salomon G Turett, N Engl J Med 1995 333 14 907 911 10.1056/NEJM199510053331404 7666876
5. Outcome of MDR-TB patients, 1983-1993. Prolonged survival with appropriate therapy. MM Park AL Davis NW Schluger H Cohen WN Rom, Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1996 153 1 317 324 8542137
6. The early bactericidal activity of drugs in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. A Jindani VR Aber EA Edwards DA Mitchison, Am Rev Respir Dis 1980 121 6 939 949 6774638
7. XDR tuberculosis - implications for global public health. MC Raviglione IM Smith, N Engl J Med 2007 356 7 656 659 10.1056/NEJMp068273 17301295
8. Computerised pathology test order entry reduces laboratory turnaround times and influences tests ordered by hospital clinicians: a controlled before and after study. JI Westbrook A Georgiou A Dimos T Germanos, J Clin Pathol 2006 59 5 533 536 10.1136/jcp.2005.029983 16461564
9. The impact of computerised physician order entry systems on pathology services: a systematic review. A Georgiou M Williamson JI Westbrook S Ray, Int J Med Inform 2007 76 7 514 529 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2006.02.004 16567121
10. Realization of real-time clinical data integration using advanced database technology. S Yoo B Kim H Park J Choi J Chun, AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2003 738 742 14728271
11. Detecting adverse events using information technology. DW Bates RS Evans H Murff PD Stetson L Pizziferri G Hripcsak, J Am Med Inform Assoc 2003 10 2 115 128 12595401 10.1197/jamia.M1074
12. Reducing the frequency of errors in medicine using information technology. DW Bates M Cohen LL Leape JM Overhage MM Shabot T Sheridan, J Am Med Inform Assoc 2001 8 4 299 308 11418536
13. Electronic reporting improves timeliness and completeness of infectious disease notification, The Netherlands, 2003. M Ward P Brandsema E van Straten A Bosman, Euro Surveill 2005 10 1 27 30 15701937
14. Automated laboratory reporting of infectious diseases in a climate of bioterrorism. NM M'Ikantha B Southwell E Lautenbach, Emerg Infect Dis 2003 9 9 1053 1057 14519239
15. Sensitivity of the Swedish statutory surveillance system for communicable diseases 1998-assessed by the capture-recapture method. A Jansson M Arneborn K Ekdahl, Epidemiol Infect 2005 133 3 401 407 10.1017/S0950268804003632 15962546
16. Clinical and financial benefits of rapid detection of respiratory viruses: an outcomes study. J Barenfanger C Drake N Leon T Mueller T Troutt, J Clin Microbiol 2000 38 8 2824 2828 10921934
17. Reducing laboratory turnaround time outliers can reduce emergency department patient length of stay: an 11-hospital study. LL Holland LL Smith KE Blick, Am J Clin Pathol 2005 124 5 672 674 10.1309/E9QP-VQ6G-2FBV-MJ3B 16203280
18. When health information systems fail. P Beynon-Davies M Lloyd-Williams, Top Health Inf Manage 1999 20 1 66 79 10539424
19. Validation of a rapid method for detection of M. tuberculosis resistance to isoniazid and rifampin in Lima, Peru. LA Solis SS Shin LL Han F Llanos M Stowell A Sloutsky, Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 2005 9 7 760 764 16013771
20. PHLIS: an electronic system for reporting public health data from remote sites. NH Bean SM Martin H Bradford Jr, Am J Public Health 1992 82 9 1273 1276 1323935
21. Informatics Tools To Monitor Progress And Outcomes Of Patients With Drug Resistant Tuberculosis In Peru. H Fraser D Jazayeri C Mitnick J Mukherjee J Bayona, Proc AMIA Symp 2002 270 274 12463829
22. Evaluating the impact and costs of deploying an electronic medical record system to support TB treatment in Peru. H Fraser J Blaya S Choi C Bonilla D Jazayeri, AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2006 264 268 17238344
23. An information system and medical record to support HIV treatment in rural Haiti. HS Fraser D Jazayeri P Nevil Y Karacaoglu PE Farmer E Lyon MK Fawzi F Leandre SS Choi JS Mukherjee, Bmj 2004 329 7475 1142 1146 15539669 10.1136/bmj.329.7475.1142
24. The Lilongwe Central Hospital Patient Management Information System: A Success in Computer-Based Order Entry Where One Might Least Expect. G Douglas, Proc AMIA Symp 2003 833 14728338
25. Cost-Effectiveness of Treating Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis. SC Resch JA Salomon M Murray MC Weinstein, PLoS Med 2006 3 7 e241 16796403 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030241
26. Building political commitment in Peru for TB control through expansion of the DOTS strategy. C Bonilla J Bayona, Bull World Health Organ 2007 85 5 A-419 10.2471/BLT.06.036335
27. Cooking Up An Open Source EMR For Developing Countries:OpenMRS -Jr B. A Recipe For Successful Collaboration. B Mamlin PG Biondich BA Wolfe HS Fraser D Jazayeri C Allen J Miranda W Tierney, AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2006 529 533 17238397
28. Open Medical Record System (OpenMRS). http://www.openMRS.org
29. Experience in implementing the OpenMRS medical record system to support HIV treatment in Rwanda. C Allen D Jazayeri J Miranda PG Biondich B Mamlin B Wolf C Seebregts W Tierney H Fraser, Medinfo 2007 12 Pt 1 382 386 17911744