Creation and evaluation of EMR-based paper clinical summaries to support HIV-care in Uganda, Africa

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 90-96

  Were, Martin C ^a   Shen, Changyu ^a   Bwana, Mwebesa ^b   Emenyonu, Nneka ^c   Musinguzi, Nicholas ^b   Nkuyahaga, Frank ^d   Kembabazi, Annet ^b   Tierney, William M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Clinical decision support; Developing countries; Electronic Medical Record; Medical informatics; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

ADULT PATIENTS; ANTIRETROVIRALS; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MOTION TECHNIQUES; PROVIDER SURVEYS; QUALITY OF CARE; RIGHT INFORMATION; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRIC RELAYS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MEDICAL COMPUTING; SURVEYS; VIRUSES;

MEDICAL PROBLEMS;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; OFFICE VISITS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; UGANDA;

EID: 74149090850     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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