Innovative approaches to application of information technology in disease surveillance and prevention in western Kenya
We describe an electronic injury surveillance system that provides data for improving patient care and monitoring injury incidence and distribution patterns. Patients with injuries visiting a rural Kenyan primary care center were enrolled consecutively over 14 months. Injury information was added on...
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Elsevier
2007
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| author | Odero, W. Rotich, J. Yiannoutsos, C.T. Ouna, T. Tierney, W.M. |
| author_browse | Odero, W. Ouna, T. Rotich, J. Tierney, W.M. Yiannoutsos, C.T. |
| author_facet | Odero, W. Rotich, J. Yiannoutsos, C.T. Ouna, T. Tierney, W.M. |
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| description | We describe an electronic injury surveillance system that provides data for improving patient care and monitoring injury incidence and distribution patterns. Patients with injuries visiting a rural Kenyan primary care center were enrolled consecutively over 14 months. Injury information was added onto an existing medical record database that captures data for each patient visit. A new injury data encounter form and entry screen were created that included geographical coordinates of the injury site. These coordinates were obtained using a handheld global positioning system (GPS) device, and data were downloaded to the database and linked to each patient. We created digital maps of injury spatial distribution using geography information systems (GIS) software and correlated injury type and location with patients'clinical data. A computerized medical record system, complemented by GIS technology and an injury-specific component, presents a valuable tool for injury surveillance, epidemiology, prevention and control for communities served by a specific health facility. |
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| spelling | CGSpace329942024-08-29T11:41:31Z Innovative approaches to application of information technology in disease surveillance and prevention in western Kenya Odero, W. Rotich, J. Yiannoutsos, C.T. Ouna, T. Tierney, W.M. information technology information systems disease surveillance computers electronics databases geographical information systems medical sciences injurious factors We describe an electronic injury surveillance system that provides data for improving patient care and monitoring injury incidence and distribution patterns. Patients with injuries visiting a rural Kenyan primary care center were enrolled consecutively over 14 months. Injury information was added onto an existing medical record database that captures data for each patient visit. A new injury data encounter form and entry screen were created that included geographical coordinates of the injury site. These coordinates were obtained using a handheld global positioning system (GPS) device, and data were downloaded to the database and linked to each patient. We created digital maps of injury spatial distribution using geography information systems (GIS) software and correlated injury type and location with patients'clinical data. A computerized medical record system, complemented by GIS technology and an injury-specific component, presents a valuable tool for injury surveillance, epidemiology, prevention and control for communities served by a specific health facility. 2007-08 2013-07-03T05:25:53Z 2013-07-03T05:25:53Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/32994 en Limited Access Elsevier Journal of Biomedical Informatics;40(4): 390-397 |
| spellingShingle | information technology information systems disease surveillance computers electronics databases geographical information systems medical sciences injurious factors Odero, W. Rotich, J. Yiannoutsos, C.T. Ouna, T. Tierney, W.M. Innovative approaches to application of information technology in disease surveillance and prevention in western Kenya |
| title | Innovative approaches to application of information technology in disease surveillance and prevention in western Kenya |
| title_full | Innovative approaches to application of information technology in disease surveillance and prevention in western Kenya |
| title_fullStr | Innovative approaches to application of information technology in disease surveillance and prevention in western Kenya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Innovative approaches to application of information technology in disease surveillance and prevention in western Kenya |
| title_short | Innovative approaches to application of information technology in disease surveillance and prevention in western Kenya |
| title_sort | innovative approaches to application of information technology in disease surveillance and prevention in western kenya |
| topic | information technology information systems disease surveillance computers electronics databases geographical information systems medical sciences injurious factors |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/32994 |
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