Implementing medical information systems in developing countries, what works and what doesn't.
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2011-02-24
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Global Health Informatics is an emerging field as demonstrated by several substantial and widely used electronic medical record EMR systems along with the emergence of mobile based or mhealth systems We describe here many of the practical lessons we have learned from implementing systems in a wide range of challenging environments over the last decade Some requirements like data backups skilled staff and local leadership are universally important Others such as limited power poor network access and distributed populations require different designs and strategies in resource poor environments