Experience implementing OpenMRS to support maternal and reproductive health in Northern Nigeria

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 160, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages 332-336

  Thompson, Adam ^a   Castle, Evelyn ^a   Lubeck, Paul ^a   Makarfi, Provost Shehu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Shehu Idris College for Health Sciences and Technology   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Computerized medical records systems; Nigeria; Reproductive medicine

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL COMPUTING; MEDICINE;

COMPUTERIZED MEDICAL RECORDS; COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS; E-HEALTH SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH INDICATORS; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NIGERIA; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH;

MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 78649507330     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-588-4-332     Document Type: Conference Paper

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