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SUBMITTER: Rotich JK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC181978 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Jul-Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rotich Joseph K JK Hannan Terry J TJ Smith Faye E FE Bii John J Odero Wilson W WW Vu Nguyen N Mamlin Burke W BW Mamlin Joseph J JJ Einterz Robert M RM Tierney William M WM
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 20030328 4
The authors implemented an electronic medical record system in a rural Kenyan health center. Visit data are recorded on a paper encounter form, eliminating duplicate documentation in multiple clinic logbooks. Data are entered into an MS-Access database supported by redundant power systems. The system was initiated in February 2001, and 10,000 visit records were entered for 6,190 patients in six months. The authors present a summary of the clinics visited, diagnoses made, drugs prescribed, and te ...[more]