title: People, Process and Technology: Strategies for Assuring Sustainable Implementation of EMRs at Public-Sector Health Facilities in Kenya.
abstract: The Ministry of Health (MoH) rollout of electronic medical record systems (EMRs) has continuously been embraced across health facilities in Kenya since 2012. This has been driven by a government led process supported by PEPFAR that recommended standardized systems for facilities. Various strategies were deployed to assure meaningful and sustainable EMRs implementation: sensitization of leadership; user training, formation of health facility-level multi-disciplinary teams; formation of county-level Technical Working Groups; data migration; routine data quality assessments; point of care adoption; successive release of software upgrades; and power provision. Successes recorded include goodwill and leadership from the county management (22 counties), growth in the number of EMR trained users (2561 health care workers), collaboration in among other things, data migration(90 health facilities completed) and establishment of county TWGs (13 TWGs). Sustenance of EMRs demand across facilities is possible through; county TWGs oversight, timely resolution of users' issues and provision of reliable power.
authors.affiliation: International Training and Education Center for Health, University of Washington, Nairobi, Kenya.
authors.forename: Samuel G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Kang'a
authors.affiliation: International Training and Education Center for Health, University of Washington, Nairobi, Kenya.
authors.forename: Veronica M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Muthee
authors.affiliation: International Training and Education Center for Health, University of Washington, Nairobi, Kenya.
authors.forename: Nzisa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Liku
authors.affiliation: International Training and Education Center for Health, University of Washington, Nairobi, Kenya.
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Too
authors.affiliation: International Training and Education Center for Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Puttkammer
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D058016:Health Facility Administration; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya; D007857:Leadership; D012984:Software
keywords: Clinical Decision Support; EMR implementation; Healthcare quality