Implementation and expansion of an electronic medical record for HIV care and treatment in Haiti: An assessment of system use and the impact of large-scale disruptions

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 244-256

  Matheson, Alastair I ^a   Baseman, Janet G ^a   Wagner, Stephen H ^a   O'Malley, Gabrielle E ^b   Puttkammer, Nancy H ^b   Emmanuel, Emmlyne ^c   Zamor, Garry ^c   Frédéric, Rikerdy ^c   Coq, Nancy R ^c   Lober, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b International Training and Education Center for Health   (United States)

^c International Training and Education Center for Health   (Haïti)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Disasters; Electronic medical records; HIV; Information systems

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SITE; CLINICAL PRACTICES; CONTINUOUS SYSTEM; DATA QUALITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HIV; POPULATION DATA; POPULATION HEALTH; PRIMARY CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RECOVERY PHASE; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION; SYSTEM USE; TRANSFER PATIENT;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISASTERS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT EXCHANGE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENTIALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISASTER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; MEDICAL HISTORY; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEDIATRICS; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORKFLOW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HAITI; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84858158264     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2012.01.011     Document Type: Article

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