Hybrid data capture for monitoring patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in urban Botswana

Individual patient care and programme evaluation are pivotal for the success of antiretroviral treatment programmes in resource-limited countries. While computer-aided documentation and data storage are indispensable for any large programme, several important issues need to be addressed including wh...

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Published in:Bulletin of the World Health Organization Vol. 84; no. 2; pp. 127 - 131
Main Authors: BUSSMANN, Hermann, WESTER, C. William, NDWAPI, Ndwapi, VANDERWARKER, Chris, GAOLATHE, Tendani, TIRELO, Geoffrey, AVALOS, Ava, MOFFAT, Howard, MARLINK, Richard G
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Genève Organisation mondiale de la santé 01.02.2006
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIDS
AIDS (Disease)
Antiretroviral agents
Antiretroviral therapy
Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active
Automatic data processing
Biological and medical sciences
Botswana
Care and treatment
Case studies
CD4 Lymphocyte Count
Clinical databases
Clinical outcomes
Computerized medical records
Data
Data collection
Data entry
Data management systems
Data storage
Database Management Systems
Documentation
Drug Monitoring - instrumentation
Drug Monitoring - methods
Drug therapy
Electronic Data Processing
Electronic media
Highly active antiretroviral therapy
HIV
HIV Infections - blood
HIV Infections - drug therapy
HIV-1 - drug effects
Hospitals
Human immunodeficiency virus
Human viral diseases
Humans
Ideograph recognition
Illnesses
Infections
Infectious diseases
Laboratories
Medical records
Medical Records Systems, Computerized
Medical referrals
Medical sciences
Medical treatment
Miscellaneous
Optical character recognition
Optical Storage Devices
Outpatient care facilities
Outpatient treatment
Patients
Physicians
Prescription drugs
Program Evaluation - methods
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Research Article
RNA, Viral - blood
RNA, Viral - drug effects
Storage
Therapy
Time Factors
Tracking
Treatment programs
Viral diseases
Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids
Botswana
Africa
United States
Human
Immunopathology
Antiretroviral agent
Urban environment
AIDS
Immune deficiency
Infection
Computer science
Chemotherapy
Treatment
Surveillance
Viral disease
Antiviral
Tropical medicine
Medical record
Monitoring
Public health
Data gathering
Electronic medical record
ISSN:0042-9686, 1564-0604
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Summary:Individual patient care and programme evaluation are pivotal for the success of antiretroviral treatment programmes in resource-limited countries. While computer-aided documentation and data storage are indispensable for any large programme, several important issues need to be addressed including which data are to be collected, who collects it and how it is entered into an electronic database. We describe a patient-monitoring approach, which uses patient encounter forms (in hybrid paper + electronic format) based on optical character recognition, piloted at Princess Marina Hospital in Gaborone, Botswana's first public highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) outpatient clinic. Our novel data capture approach collects "key" data for tracking patient and programme outcomes. It saves physician time and does not detract from clinical care.
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ISSN:0042-9686
1564-0604
DOI:10.2471/BLT.04.019307