Title
Scaling-up health information systems to improve HIV treatment: An assessment of initial patient monitoring systems in Mozambique.
Abstract
•Assessment of implemented electronic patient monitoring systems is critical to ensure system effectiveness and acceptance.•In Mozambique, HIV patient monitoring systems facilitated reporting, patient tracking, and facility and patient management.•Challenges included lack of national guidelines, variable system implementation, and resources for system functionality.•National guidelines may help to harmonize, expand, and strengthen health information systems in low-resource settings.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2016.11.002
International Journal of Medical Informatics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Patient monitoring systems,Electronic medical records,Sub-Saharan africa,Mozambique,Health information systems,HIV
Information system,Data collection,Harmonization,Developing country,Knowledge management,Implementation,Health informatics,Medicine,Sustainability,Program evaluation
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
97
1386-5056
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.60
7
8