Abstract

Why common fever thermometers are not enough

Highlights

  • Health technologies, like the fever thermometer are an essential part of the delivery of primary healthcare services for global health

  • Return on investment depends upon data quality in electronic medical record (EMR)

  • Program/Project Purpose: This paper describes a cross disciplinary design project aiming at developing a fever thermometer for east Africa, with clear cut-off points for community health workers and caregivers, based on medical evidence, and adapted to local realities and cultural notions

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Summary

Introduction

Like the fever thermometer are an essential part of the delivery of primary healthcare services for global health. Institutionalization of a routine data quality assessment (RDQA) procedure for improved data quality of electronic patient medical records in Kenya

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