The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports on the success of a joint project with Baobab Health in Malawi:
Images courtesy of the CDCKeeping track of even one patient undergoing treatment for HIV/AIDS can be complicated. Doing it for over 472,865 patients when you’re a low income country coping with high demand and a sputtering economy magnifies the complexity. Which is why Malawi’s story – and its solution – is attracting attention and praise. It’s a story of how Electronic Medical Record System (EMRS) technology is being used and the foresight needed to bring it to reality.
You don’t have to look far to see the positive results. Walking into one of the busiest HIV/AIDS clinics in the nation, with an annual facility volume of approximately 13,957 patients enrolled and receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART), clients seamlessly transition from point to point as clerks and clinicians use bar-code scanners and touch-screen computers...[continue reading]
