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Installing and implementing a computer-based patient record system in sub-Saharan Africa: the Mosoriot Medical Record System.


ABSTRACT: 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 tests performed. After system implementation, patient visits were 22% shorter. They spent 58% less time with providers (p < 0.001) and 38% less time waiting (p = 0.06). Clinic personnel spent 50% less time interacting with patients, two thirds less time interacting with each other, and more time in personal activities. This simple electronic medical record system has bridged the "digital divide." Financial and technical sustainability by Kenyans will be key to its future use and development.

SUBMITTER: Rotich JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC181978 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Installing and implementing a computer-based patient record system in sub-Saharan Africa: the Mosoriot Medical Record System.

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]

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