Surveillance Programme of IN-patients and Epidemiology (SPINE): implementation of an electronic data collection tool within a large hospital in Malawi

PLoS Med. 2013;10(3):e1001400. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001400. Epub 2013 Mar 12.

Abstract

Miguel Sanjoaquin and colleagues describe their experience of setting up an electronic patient records system in a large referral hospital in Blantyre, Malawi.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Data Collection / methods*
  • Electronics, Medical / methods*
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / epidemiology
  • Health Facility Size / statistics & numerical data*
  • Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Inpatients / statistics & numerical data*
  • Malawi / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Morbidity
  • Mortality
  • Patient Care
  • Population Surveillance / methods*
  • Prevalence
  • Seasons