Journal of Health & Medical Informatics

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Publications

• Review   
  Sub-Saharan African Medical Record Informatics Electronic Health Record Design
  Author(s): Oluyemi Adetoyi*
  
  One of the rapidly expanding inventions of the twenty-first century is electronic health records. In developed nations, it acts as the foundation of medical operations. Unfortunately, despite the wealth of advantages offered by electronic health records, many developing nations, notably sub- Saharan Africa, have failed to adopt them. A design paradigm that can be used in these economies is presented in this research. In order to guide the design process, a typical hospital's operational work flow was created. The front end application gathers patient data, which is then entered into the database via the integrated fingerprint access control; a career is given a role-based access level. A configured server connects all of the carers' workstations to the electronic health records... Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2157-7420.2023.14.461

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