title: Leveraging IT to deliver primary care -- the case of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (age-old problem, new paradigm).
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Nkossi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dambita
authors.forename: Larry
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Streshley
authors.forename: Olayinka
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ajayi
authors.forename: Harold
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lehmann
mesh_terms: 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*