Improving HIV- Control Program Effectiveness by Replacing Bicycle Rides with an e- Health System in Uganda

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dc.description.abstractResearch Poster Presentation The applications seeks to address challenges of turnaround time data quality and accessibility by replacing bicycle specimen riders with a fully fledged mobile e service system structured to enable automatically transmitting viral load count results from the testing laboratory to rural health facilities compare data transmission timelines of results by courier motorcycle and by the electronic system and assess the electronic systems ability to increase patient involvement and adherence by increasing the numbers of patients tested and initiated on HIV TB treatment and by improving the ability of tracking patients records The envisaged system will open up a more efficient and modern way to deliver laboratory results to rural clinics that can be used for and beyond HIV programs allow for fast contact with patients further enhancing chances they will be retained in the healthcare system allow for decent electronic tracking of patient records even making it possible to track health data of patients that are very mobile Presented by Jostas Mwebembezi Founder and Executive Director Rwenzori Center for Research and Advocacy RCRA
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dc.subjectGlobal Digital Health Forum Presentations
dc.subjectGlobal Digital Health Forum Presentations
dc.subjectGlobal Digital Health Forum Presentations
dc.subjectGlobal Digital Health Forum
dc.subjectHIV
dc.subjectTB
dc.titleImproving HIV- Control Program Effectiveness by Replacing Bicycle Rides with an e- Health System in Ugandaen
dcterms.abstractResearch Poster Presentation The applications seeks to address challenges of turnaround time data quality and accessibility by replacing bicycle specimen riders with a fully fledged mobile e service system structured to enable automatically transmitting viral load count results from the testing laboratory to rural health facilities compare data transmission timelines of results by courier motorcycle and by the electronic system and assess the electronic systems ability to increase patient involvement and adherence by increasing the numbers of patients tested and initiated on HIV TB treatment and by improving the ability of tracking patients records The envisaged system will open up a more efficient and modern way to deliver laboratory results to rural clinics that can be used for and beyond HIV programs allow for fast contact with patients further enhancing chances they will be retained in the healthcare system allow for decent electronic tracking of patient records even making it possible to track health data of patients that are very mobile Presented by Jostas Mwebembezi Founder and Executive Director Rwenzori Center for Research and Advocacy RCRA
dcterms.subjectGlobal Digital Health Forum Presentations
dcterms.subjectGlobal Digital Health Forum Presentations
dcterms.subjectGlobal Digital Health Forum Presentations
dcterms.subjectGlobal Digital Health Forum
dcterms.subjectHIV
dcterms.subjectTB
dcterms.titleImproving HIV- Control Program Effectiveness by Replacing Bicycle Rides with an e- Health System in Ugandaen
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