Leveraging IT to deliver primary care -- the case of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (age-old problem, new paradigm).
There is a growing acknowledgement of the role of information technology (IT) tools in improving health-care delivery. The gains in efficiency resulting from implementing even limited IT are expected to be more significant in resources-constrained health-care settings. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), emerging from a devastating civil war, has incorporated IT into the rebuilding of its primary care delivery system. Its basic strategy is to leverage COTS when affordable, FLOSS when practical.
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Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Streshley
Larry
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Ajayi
Olayinka
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Lehmann
Harold
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D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015023:Democratic Republic of the Congo; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000379:methods*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*