Category: EMRS

Public Health Informatics in Action in Malawi: Making life easier for healthcare workers and patients while improving quality through an innovative national Electronic Medical Record System

Instituting an Electronic Medical Record System reduces the need to manage and store growing volumes of patient charts, a major challenge in resource-limited settings.

Keeping track of even one patient undergoing treatment for HIV/AIDS can be complicated enough. Doing it for over 472,865 patients when you’re a low income country coping with high demand and a sputtering economy magnifies the complexity. Which is why Malawi’s story – and its solution – is attracting attention and praise. It’s a story Read More >

May 21, 2014 by Denise Giles, M.P.H., Health Scientist, CDC-Malawi

Archive, child health, global health security, HIV/AIDS, women's/maternal health

East Africa, electric medical records, EMRS, HIV/AIDS epidemic, Malawi, Option B+, public health informatics