Innovative approaches to application of information technology in disease surveillance and prevention in Western Kenya
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We describe an electronic injury surveillance system that provides data for improving patient care and monitoring injury incidence and distribution patterns. Patients with injuries visiting a rural Kenyan primary care center were enrolled consecutively over 14 months. Injury information was added onto an existing medical record database that captures data for each patient visit. A new injury data encounter form and entry screen were created that included geographical coordinates of the injury site. These coordinates were obtained using a handheld global positioning system (GPS) device, and data were downloaded to the database and linked to each patient. We created digital maps of injury spatial distribution using geography information systems (GIS) software and correlated injury type and location with patients' clinical data. A computerized medical record system, complemented by GIS technology and an injury-specific component, presents a valuable tool for injury surveillance, epidemiology, prevention and control for communities served by a specific health facility.
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- Authors
- Odero, W., Rotich, J., Yiannoutsos, C. T., Ouna, T., & Tierney, W. M.
- Affiliations
- Moi University (KE)
- International Livestock Research Institute (KE)
- Indiana University School of Medicine (US)
- Corresponding author
- Tierney, William M.
- Venue
- Journal of Biomedical Informatics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2007-08
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 390-397
- ISSN
- 1532-0464 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2139717800
- Cited by
- 37
- References
- 20
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 4.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Biomedical Informatics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Medical Coding and Health Information
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Electronic Health Records Systems
- Keywords
- injury surveillance, electronic health records, injury epidemiology, injury prevention, GPS data collection, geographic information systems, primary care, rural health, Western Kenya
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Kenya, Medical Informatics, Population Surveillance, Risk Factors, Wounds and Injuries, Incidence, Medical Records Systems, Computerized, Risk Assessment
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