Experience implementing a point-of-care electronic medical record system for primary care in Malawi

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 160, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages 96-100

  Waters, Evan ^a,b   Rafter, Jeff ^a,c   Douglas, Gerald P ^c,d   Bwanali, Mwatha ^c   Jazayeri, Darius ^a   Fraser, Hamish S F ^a,e  

^a PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^b Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo   (Malawi)

^c BAOBAB HEALTH TRUST   (Malawi)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Malawi; Point of care systems; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL COMPUTING; OPEN SYSTEMS;

DATA COLLECTION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS; HEALTH MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MALAWI; MEDICAL RECORD; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PRIMARY HEALTHCARE;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78649496024     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-588-4-96     Document Type: Conference Paper

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