Researching, co-creating and testing innovations in paper-based health information systems (PHISICC) to support health workers’ decision-making:... (Publications)
needs. Paper-based Health Information Systems in Comprehensive Care (PHISICC) is a transdisciplinary, multi-country research initiative to create and test innovative paper-based health information systems [...] Besides the innovative PHISICC paper-based tools, our process is in itself innovative. Rather than emphasizing the technical dimensions of data management, we focused instead on frontline health workers’ [...] overloading frontline health workers, which may compromise quality of...
Researching, co-creating and testing innovations in paper-based health information systems (PHISICC) to support health workers’ decision-making:... (Publications)
needs. Paper-based Health Information Systems in Comprehensive Care (PHISICC) is a transdisciplinary, multi-country research initiative to create and test innovative paper-based health information systems [...] Besides the innovative PHISICC paper-based tools, our process is in itself innovative. Rather than emphasizing the technical dimensions of data management, we focused instead on frontline health workers’ [...] overloading frontline health workers, which may compromise quality of...
The DYNAMIC project focuses on improving care for sick children aged 0-14 presenting to care at primary care level health facilities in low- and middle-income countries. A team of Swiss and Tanzanian medical [...] trial in Tanzania involving 44,306 children, ePOCT+ was deployed in 20 health facilities, while 20 health facilities provided care as usual. The results speak for themselves: the use of ePOCT+ led to a [...] medical and IT experts from Unisanté, the Swiss Tropical and Public Health...
Innovation in evaluating the impact of integrated service-delivery: the integra indexes of HIV and reproductive health integration (Publications)
measure of HIV-reproductive health (HIV-RH) service integration that can be used to assess the degree of service integration, and the degree to which integration may have health benefits to clients, or reduce [...] traditional evaluations of integrated HIV-RH care through the incorporation of a functional integration measure, to avoid misleading conclusions on its 'impact' on health outcomes. This is particularly important [...] n, suggesting that structural integration is not...