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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Vydané v:	Bulletin of the World Health Organization Ročník 84; číslo 2; s. 127 - 131
Hlavní autori:	BUSSMANN, Hermann, WESTER, C. William, NDWAPI, Ndwapi, VANDERWARKER, Chris, GAOLATHE, Tendani, TIRELO, Geoffrey, AVALOS, Ava, MOFFAT, Howard, MARLINK, Richard G
Médium:	Journal Article
Jazyk:	English
Vydavateľské údaje:	Genève Organisation mondiale de la santé 01.02.2006 World Health Organization The World Health Organization
Predmet:	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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Shrnutí:	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