The AMPATH Nutritional Information System: Designing a Food Distribution Electronic Record System in Rural Kenya

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 882-888

  Lim, Jason LitJeh ^a   Yih, Yuehwern ^a,b   Gichunge, Catherine ^c   Tierney, William M ^c,d,e   Le, Tung H ^a   Zhang, Jun ^f   Lawley, Mark A ^b,g   Petersen, Tomeka J ^c   Mamlin, Joseph J ^c,d,e  

^a SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HIV/AIDS ^*  (Kenya)

^d MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f North Dakota State University   (United States)

^g PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD SECURITY; FOOD STORAGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; KENYA; PRESCRIPTION; SHIPPING;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOOD SERVICES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KENYA; MALNUTRITION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 70350458152     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M3139     Document Type: Article

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