title: The Lilongwe Central Hospital Patient Management Information System: a success in computer-based order entry where one might least expect it.
abstract: Computer-based order entry is a powerful tool for enhancing patient care. A pilot project in the pediatric department of the Lilongwe Central Hospital (LCH) in Malawi, Africa has demonstrated that computer-based order entry (COE): 1) can be successfully deployed and adopted in resource-poor settings, 2) can be built, deployed and sustained at relatively low cost and with local resources, and 3) has a greater potential to improve patient care in developing than in developed countries.
authors.affiliation: Center for Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburh, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Douglas
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Deula
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Connor
mesh_terms: D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006801:Humans; D008295:Malawi; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D008510:Medication Systems, Hospital; D014584:User-Computer Interface