Promising adoption of an electronic clinical decision support system for antenatal and intrapartum care in rural primary healthcare facilities in sub-Saharan Africa: The QUALMAT experience. Issue 9 (September 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sukums, Felix; Mensah, Nathan; Mpembeni, Rose; Massawe, Siriel; Duysburgh, Els; Williams, Afua; Kaltschmidt, Jens; Loukanova, Svetla; Haefeli, Walter E.; Blank, Antje
• Is Part Of: International journal of medical informatics. Volume 84:Issue 9(2015:Sep.)
• Page Start: 647
• Page End: 657
• Publication Date: 2015-09
• Subjects: Medical informatics -- Periodicals; Information science -- Periodicals; Computers -- Periodicals; Medical technology -- Periodicals; Medical Informatics -- Periodicals; Technology, Medical -- Periodicals; Computers; Information science; Medical informatics; Medical technology; Electronic journals; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 610.285
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2015.05.002
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1386-5056

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">The QUALMAT eCDSS was successfully implemented in rural African health care sites.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">The QUALMAT eCDSS was constantly used over 20 months.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">The health workers perceived it as useful and user-friendly.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par0020">Crucial facilitators and barriers to implementing such systems were defined.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>