Adaptation of an electronic dashboard to monitor HIV viral load testing in Côte d'Ivoire
| Autor: | Yves-Rolland Kouabenan, Casey Iiams-Hauser, Jean B Koffi, Caleb Steele-Lane, Mary C. Kirk, Christiane Adje, Alain Kouakou, Jennifer Antilla, Patricia Sadate Ngatchou, Adama Pongathie, Lucy A Perrone, Paul H Assoa, Greg Rossum, Nadine Abiola, Pascal Komena |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Knowledge management
Computer science patient monitoring 030231 tropical medicine Clinical Biochemistry Context (language use) Health informatics laboratory information system 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) medicine Information system côte d’ivoire 030212 general & internal medicine electronic dashboard Location Adaptation (computer science) hiv viral load business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health International community medicine.disease Medical Laboratory Technology Lessons from the Field Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 business Viral load |
| Zdroj: | African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp e1-e6 (2021) African Journal of Laboratory Medicine |
| ISSN: | 2225-2002 |
| Popis: | Background: The Ministère de le Santé et de l’Hygiène Publique in Côte d’Ivoire and the international community have invested in health information systems in Côte d’Ivoire since 2009, including electronic laboratory information systems. These systems have been implemented in more than 80 laboratories to date and capture all test results produced from these laboratories, including HIV viral load (VL) testing. In 2018 the national HIV programme in Côte d’Ivoire requested international support to develop real-time tools such as dashboards to aggregate and display test-specific data such as HIV VL testing to support the country’s programmatic response to HIV. Intervention: The VL dashboard was adapted in 2018 using source software code obtained from the Kenyan Ministry of Health and modified for the Ivorian context. The dashboard enables users to assess relevant clinical data from all Ivoirians living with HIV who undergo VL testing through dashboard data visualisations, including the number of VL tests, kinds of samples tested, and VL levels stratified by demographics and geographic location. Lessons learnt: The VL dashboard enables rapid analysis of VL testing data from across the country and enables the national HIV programme, donors and partners to respond rapidly to issues pertaining to access, turn-around times and others. Recommendations: Adapting existing open-source software is an effective and efficient way to implement transformative tools such as dashboards. The VL dashboard will likely be an essential tool for Côte d’Ivoire to meet the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS 90-90-90 targets. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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