Gerry Douglas and colleagues describe the rationale and their experience with scaling up electronic health records in six antiretroviral treatment sites in Malawi

AD Harries

AM Siika

Andreas Jahn

Anne Ben-Smith

Anthony D. Harries

C Abou-Zahr

CP Friedman

D Jazayeri

E Waters

Erik J. Schouten

F Godlee

Frank Chimbwandira

G Douglas

Gerald P. Douglas

GP Douglas

HS Fraser

J Millberg

JM Tassie

Joep J. van Oosterhout

LewisZ Landis

M Forester

Michael V. McKay

MJ Ball

MV McKay

Oliver J. Gadabu

Rony Zachariah

Sabine Joukes

Selma D. Berger

Soyapi Mumba

T Boerma

Theresa J. Allain

TJ Hannan

WM Tierney

Zach Landis Lewis

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Douglas, Gerald P

Gadabu, Oliver J

Joukes, Sabine

Mumba, Soyapi

McKay, Michael V

Ben-Smith, Anne

Jahn, Andreas

Schouten, Erik J

Landis Lewis, Zach

van Oosterhout, Joep J

Allain, Theresa J

Zachariah, Rony

Berger, Selma D

Harries, Anthony D

Chimbwandira, Frank

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Using touchscreen electronic medical record systems to support and monitor national scale-up of antiretroviral therapy in Malawi.

Gerald P Douglas

Oliver J Gadabu

Michael V McKay

Erik J Schouten

Joep J van Oosterhout

Theresa J Allain

Selma D Berger

Anthony D Harries

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Complete, accurate, and timely data are critical for providing high quality patient care, programmatic monitoring and evaluation of antiretroviral therapy scale-up, continuity of care for chronic illness, and rational drug forecasting. Manual paper-based aggregation of data and compilation of reports become unfeasible as patient cohorts on treatment and data increase. A point-of-care (POC) electronic medical record (EMR) system combines healthcare delivery and data collection processes into one activity, with the added bonus of providing enhanced decision support to clinicians during the patient encounter. Challenges associated with operating computers in a resource-constrained setting are many, but have been rigorously addressed during the scale-up of POC EMR to monitor and support ART scale-up in Malawi. The experience gained and infrastructure built through successful deployment of the ART EMR will facilitate its adaptation and use for other chronic diseases (e.g., tuberculosis, diabetes mellitus, and hypertension), preparing a foundation for a comprehensive electronic health record system. © 2010 Douglas et al

Douglas, GP

Gadabu, OJ

Joukes, S

Mumba, S

McKay, MV

Ben-Smith, A

Jahn, A

Schouten, EJ

Lewis, ZL

van Oosterhout, JJ

Allain, TJ

Zachariah, R

Berger, SD

Harries, AD

Chimbwandira, F

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