Trial reportThe international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease2010
Electronic laboratory system reduces errors in National Tuberculosis Program: a cluster randomized controlled trial.
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- eHealth in TB clinical management.The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · 2022Pooled it
- Routine Health Information System (RHIS) improvements for strengthened health system management.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Interventions to increase clinical incident reporting in health care.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2012Pooled it
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- Full impact of laboratory information system requires direct use by clinical staff: cluster randomized controlled trial.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIATrial
- Factors Influencing Data Quality in Electronic Health Record Systems in 50 Health Facilities in Rwanda and the Role of Clinical Alerts: Cross-Sectional Observational Study.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Observational
- Do private health providers adhere to National Tuberculosis Guideline while assigning treatment outcome? Findings from a lower middle-income country.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Overcoming limitations of tuberculosis information systems: researcher and clinician perspectives.Public health action · 2019Article
- Data for action: collection and use of local data to end tuberculosis.Lancet (London, England) · 2015Review
- Validation of sputum smear results in the Electronic TB Register for the management of tuberculosis, South Africa.The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease · 2013Article
- Managing and monitoring tuberculosis using web-based tools in combination with traditional approaches.Clinical epidemiology · 2013Review
- Adaptation of a web-based, open source electronic medical record system platform to support a large study of tuberculosis epidemiology.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2012Article
- Perspectives on introduction and implementation of new point-of-care diagnostic tests.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2012Article
- Implementing medical information systems in developing countries, what works and what doesn't.AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium · 2010Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the impact of the e-Chasqui laboratory information system in reducing reporting errors compared to the current paper system.
designCluster randomized controlled trial in 76 health centers (HCs) between 2004 and 2008.
methodsBaseline data were collected every 4 months for 12 months. HCs were then randomly assigned to intervention (e-Chasqui) or control (paper). Further data were collected for the same months the following year. Comparisons were made between intervention and control HCs, and before and after the intervention.
resultsIntervention HCs had respectively 82% and 87% fewer errors in reporting results for drug susceptibility tests (2.1% vs. 11.9%, P = 0.001, OR 0.17, 95%CI 0.09-0.31) and cultures (2.0% vs. 15.1%, P < 0.001, OR 0.13, 95%CI 0.07-0.24), than control HCs. Preventing missing results through online viewing accounted for at least 72% of all errors. e-Chasqui users sent on average three electronic error reports per week to the laboratories.
conclusionse-Chasqui reduced the number of missing laboratory results at point-of-care health centers. Clinical users confirmed viewing electronic results not available on paper. Reporting errors to the laboratory using e-Chasqui promoted continuous quality improvement. The e-Chasqui laboratory information system is an important part of laboratory infrastructure improvements to support multidrug-resistant tuberculosis care in Peru.
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