Electronic medical record systems are associated with appropriate placement of HIV patients on antiretroviral therapy in rural health facilities in Kenya: a retrospective pre-post study.
CONCLUSIONS: EMRs can improve quality of HIV care through appropriate placement of ART-eligible patients on treatment in resource limited settings. However, other non-EMR factors influence timely initiation of ART.
PMID: 24914014 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association - Category: Information Technology Authors: Oluoch T, Katana A, Ssempijja V, Kwaro D, Langat P, Kimanga D, Okeyo N, Abu-Hanna A, de Keizer N Tags: J Am Med Inform Assoc Source Type: research