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. 2004 Nov 13;329(7475):1142-6.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7475.1142.

An information system and medical record to support HIV treatment in rural Haiti

Hamish S F Fraser  1 , Darius Jazayeri, Patrice Nevil, Yusuf Karacaoglu, Paul E Farmer, Evan Lyon, Mary Kay C Smith Fawzi, Fernet Leandre, Sharon S Choi, Joia S Mukherjee
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An information system and medical record to support HIV treatment in rural Haiti

Hamish S F Fraser et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Lack of infrastructure, including information and communication systems, is considered a barrier to successful HIV treatment programmes in resource poor areas. The authors describe how they set up a web based medical record system linking remote areas in rural Haiti and how it is used to track clinical outcomes, laboratory tests, and drug supplies and to create reports for funding agencies

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Clinical staff in Belladere, rural Haiti, find their web based medical record system helpful for managing patients with AIDS
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Part of the checklist of items in the patient registration form of the HIV-EMR electronic medical record (PPD=tuberculosis skin test, INH=isoniazid, HREZ=four standard antituberculous drugs, VCF=voluntary counselling and testing, PF=family planning, NRTI and NNRTI/PI=antiretroviral drug lists)
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