Outcomes / Malaria
An email from the manager of one of our Ugandan clinics
Dr. Peter,
As we always expect at this time, malaria cases are spiking, but it's been much worse this month.
We are going to identify 2-3 local commmunity health educators to be trained on how to administer a random diagnostic test (simple stick test for malaria) with correct clinical rationale and have them do sweeps of the communities with highest rates.
After utilizing the OutreachEMR records, we were able to identify parishes lacking health support, and not so surprising to anyone, they also have the highest number of malaria cases.
We're going to spend about a week training the educators before we send them out. In that time, I am going to develop a survey and assessment to give to them so they understand when it is appropriate when to test for malaria and also a survey to evaluate this, an outcome assessment, to provide follow-up on how to prevent severe cases from this point forward etc etc. We have paid for this with money saved from the prescribing audit using the OutreachEMR system.
Let me just say, we wouldn't be able to do or fund this if we didn't have your OutreachEMR Electronic Medical Records System. :-)
Operations Manager
Beatrice Tierney Health Clinic III
Foundation for the International Medical Relief of Children (FIMRC) - Uganda