...
Nancy Puttkammer from I-TECH at the University of Washington presented about experience from the InfoPlus Adherence Project in Haiti. This goal was to develop an EMR based alert to signal patients at high risk of HIV treatment failure and to incorporate the story-telling culture by enacting a provider-led brief counseling approach called “My Adherence Stories”.
Pinto Shukuru from LVCT Health in Kenya presented on the STEPS Project. This project aims to increase the availability and demand for comprehensive quality HIV prevention services to priority populations in high HIV-burdened counties of Western Kenya. One solution that was explored was the use of flags in the EMR. When a service provider accesses a patient’s chart, key items are flaggs flagged on the patient’s dashboard; missed appointment, due for viral load, pending viral load results, high viral load, and instability. The EMR also allows a facility to see the number of clients expected and those with an unsuppressed viral load as well as a list of clients with missed appointments for tracing.
Limbani Thengo from Partners in Health presented on Electronic Tracking Retention and Client Enrollment (TRACE) in the Neno District of Malawi. This project includes community health workers and staff members to make home visits to patients who have missed visits and those who are enrolled in programs that identify patients at-risk of falling out of care due to location and other programs.
...