Can smartphones and tablets improve the management of childhood illness in Tanzania? A qualitative study from a primary health care worker’s perspective

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• 作者：Amani Flexson Shao ; Clotilde Rambaud-Althaus ; Ndeniria Swai…
• 关键词：Smartphones ; Tablets ; Electronic clinical decision support ; IMCI ; Primary care ; Barriers ; Electronic prescribing
• 刊名：BMC Health Services Research
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：December 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：15
• 期：1
• 全文大小：792 KB
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• 作者单位：Amani Flexson Shao (1) (2) (3)
  Clotilde Rambaud-Althaus (1) (2)
  Ndeniria Swai (4)
  Judith Kahama-Maro (4)
  Blaise Genton (1) (2) (5)
  Valerie D’Acremont (1) (2) (5)
  Constanze Pfeiffer (1) (2)
  
  1. Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
  2. University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
  3. National Institute for Medical Research, Tukuyu Medical Research Center, Tukuyu, Tanzania
  4. City Medical Office of Health, Dar es Salaam City Council, Tanzania
  5. Infectious Diseases Service and Department of Ambulatory Care and Community Medicine, University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
  
• 刊物主题：Public Health; Health Administration; Health Informatics; Nursing Management/Nursing Research;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1472-6963

文摘

Background The impact of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy has been less than anticipated because of poor uptake. Electronic algorithms have the potential to improve quality of health care in children. However, feasibility studies about the use of electronic protocols on mobile devices over time are limited. This study investigated constraining as well as facilitating factors that influence the uptake of a new electronic Algorithm for Management of Childhood Illness (ALMANACH) among primary health workers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.