A global approach to the management of EMR (Electronic Medical Records) of patients with HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: The experience of DREAM Software

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Nucita, Andrea ^a   Bernava, Giuseppe M ^a   Bartolo, Michelangelo ^b   Masi, Fabio Di Pane ^c   Giglio, Pietro ^c   Peroni, Marco ^c   Pizzimenti, Giovanni ^a   Palombi, Leonardo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b SAN GIOVANNI ADDOLORATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Comunit di sant'Egidio ^*  (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; POWER SUPPLY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCALE UP; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 70349675745     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-9-42     Document Type: Article

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