Hybrid data capture for monitoring patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in urban Botswana
Hybrid data capture for monitoring patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in urban Botswana
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10.2471/blt.04.019307
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2006-02-01
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Marlink, Richard G
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Bussmann, Hermann;Wester, C William;Marlink, Richard G
个体患者护理和项目评估对于资源有限国家抗逆转录病毒治疗项目的成功至关重要。虽然计算机辅助文档和数据存储对于任何大型计划都是不可或缺的，但需要解决几个重要问题，包括收集哪些数据、由谁收集以及如何将其输入电子数据库。我们描述了一种患者监测方法，该方法使用基于光学字符识别的患者接触表格（纸质+电子混合格式），在博茨瓦纳首个公共高效抗逆转录病毒治疗 (HAART) 门诊诊所哈博罗内的 Princess Marina 医院进行了试点。我们新颖的数据捕获方法收集用于跟踪患者和项目结果的“关键”数据。它节省了医生的时间并且不会影响临床护理。
Individual patient care and programme evaluation are pivotal for the success of antiretroviral treatment programmes in resource-limited countries. While computer-aided documentation and data storage are indispensable for any large programme, several important issues need to be addressed including which data are to be collected, who collects it and how it is entered into an electronic database. We describe a patient-monitoring approach, which uses patient encounter forms (in hybrid paper + electronic format) based on optical character recognition, piloted at Princess Marina Hospital in Gaborone, Botswana's first public highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) outpatient clinic. Our novel data capture approach collects "key" data for tracking patient and programme outcomes. It saves physician time and does not detract from clinical care.