Final technical report : development and interpretation of a medical and bioinformatics database to support and evaluate the Public Sector Anti-retroviral Treatment Program in the Free State Province, South Africa, an area with high burden of HIV-1 subtype C infection
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2009
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University of Cape Town Lung Institute, Groote Schuur, ZA
Abstract
This paper provides an evaluation of the Anti-retroviral Treatment (ART) program, and in particular, the methods used to strengthen and optimize data and data collection with electronic records keeping of clinical data. The usefulness of the clinical data warehouse for monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of disease treatment was significantly enhanced by linking data from the South African Death Register, Electronic TB Register and National Health Laboratory Service. The project also yielded ground-breaking agreements governing data linkages and the use of data for research purposes. The final report covers project objectives, methodology, research, activities, outputs and outcomes of this programme.
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MONITORING AND EVALUATION, DISEASE CONTROL, AIDS, PHARMACEUTICALS, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, DATA COLLECTION, MEDICAL RECORDS, DATABASES, SOUTH AFRICA, ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS SYSTEM, E-HEALTH, DIAGNOSIS, SOUTH OF SAHARA, HIV