The Lilongwe Central Hospital Patient Management Information System: a success in computer-based order entry where one might least expect it.
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.
Douglas
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Center for Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Deula
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Connor
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D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006801:Humans; D008295:Malawi; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D008510:Medication Systems, Hospital; D014584:User-Computer Interface