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e-PC101: an electronic clinical decision support tool developed in South Africa for primary care in low-income and middle-income countries
Health technology is increasingly recognised as a feasible method of addressing health needs in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Primary Care 101, now known as PACK (Practical Approach to Care Kit), is a printed, algorithmic, checklist-based, comprehensive clinical decision support tool. It...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407554/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30899556 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001093 |
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author | Yau, Matthew Timmerman, Venessa Zwarenstein, Merrick Mayers, Pat Cornick, Ruth Vania Bateman, Eric Fairall, Lara |
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description | Health technology is increasingly recognised as a feasible method of addressing health needs in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Primary Care 101, now known as PACK (Practical Approach to Care Kit), is a printed, algorithmic, checklist-based, comprehensive clinical decision support tool. It assists clinicians with delivering evidence-based medicine for common primary care presentations and conditions. These assessment and treatment guides have been adopted widely in primary care clinics across South Africa. This paper focuses on the process of designing, developing, and implementing a digital version of the clinical decision support tool for use on a tablet computer. Lessons learnt throughout its development and pilot implementation could apply to the creation of electronic health interventions and the digitisation of clinical tools in LMICs. |
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spelling | pubmed-64075542019-03-21 e-PC101: an electronic clinical decision support tool developed in South Africa for primary care in low-income and middle-income countries Yau, Matthew Timmerman, Venessa Zwarenstein, Merrick Mayers, Pat Cornick, Ruth Vania Bateman, Eric Fairall, Lara BMJ Glob Health Practice Health technology is increasingly recognised as a feasible method of addressing health needs in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Primary Care 101, now known as PACK (Practical Approach to Care Kit), is a printed, algorithmic, checklist-based, comprehensive clinical decision support tool. It assists clinicians with delivering evidence-based medicine for common primary care presentations and conditions. These assessment and treatment guides have been adopted widely in primary care clinics across South Africa. This paper focuses on the process of designing, developing, and implementing a digital version of the clinical decision support tool for use on a tablet computer. Lessons learnt throughout its development and pilot implementation could apply to the creation of electronic health interventions and the digitisation of clinical tools in LMICs. BMJ Publishing Group 2019-02-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6407554/ /pubmed/30899556 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001093 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 |
spellingShingle | Practice Yau, Matthew Timmerman, Venessa Zwarenstein, Merrick Mayers, Pat Cornick, Ruth Vania Bateman, Eric Fairall, Lara e-PC101: an electronic clinical decision support tool developed in South Africa for primary care in low-income and middle-income countries |
title | e-PC101: an electronic clinical decision support tool developed in South Africa for primary care in low-income and middle-income countries |
title_full | e-PC101: an electronic clinical decision support tool developed in South Africa for primary care in low-income and middle-income countries |
title_fullStr | e-PC101: an electronic clinical decision support tool developed in South Africa for primary care in low-income and middle-income countries |
title_full_unstemmed | e-PC101: an electronic clinical decision support tool developed in South Africa for primary care in low-income and middle-income countries |
title_short | e-PC101: an electronic clinical decision support tool developed in South Africa for primary care in low-income and middle-income countries |
title_sort | e-pc101: an electronic clinical decision support tool developed in south africa for primary care in low-income and middle-income countries |
topic | Practice |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407554/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30899556 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001093 |
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