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An electronic health record EHR is the systematized collection of patient and population electronically stored health information in a digital format. Records are shared through network-connected, enterprise-wide information systems or other information networks and exchanges. EHRs may include a range of data, including demographics , medical history, medication and allergies , immunization status, laboratory test results, radiology images, vital signs , personal statistics like age and weight, and billing information. A decade ago, electronic health records EHRs were touted as key to increasing of quality care. Combining multiple types of clinical data from the system's health records has helped clinicians identify and stratify chronically ill patients. EHR can improve quality care by using the data and analytics to prevent hospitalizations among high-risk patients. EHR systems are designed to store data accurately and to capture the state of a patient across time. It eliminates the need to track down a patient's previous paper medical records and assists in ensuring data is accurate and legible. It can reduce risk of data replication as there is only one modifiable file, which means the file is more likely up to date, and decreases risk of lost paperwork. Due to the digital information being searchable and in a single file, EMRs electronic medical records are more effective when extracting medical data for the examination of possible trends and long term changes in a patient. Implementing Integrated Electronic Health System

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The success of the Namibian government's "treatment for all" approach to control and stop the country's HIV epidemic is dependent on an uninterrupted supply of antiretrovirals ARVs for people living with HIV. The public health system in Namibia, however, was constrained by an https://amazonia.fiocruz.br/scdp/blog/woman-in-black-character-quotes/employee-demographics-in-hrm.php paper-based pharmaceutical information system resulting in unreliable and inaccessible data, contributing to persistent stock-outs of ARVs and other essential pharmaceuticals.

This article describes the incremental implementation of an integrated pharmaceutical management information system to provide timely and reliable commodity and patient data for decision making in Namibia's Integrafed antiretroviral therapy ART program and the Ministry of Health and Social Services MoHSS.

The system has 4 interlinked information tools: 1 the Electronic Dispensing Tool EDT that manages the dispensing and inventory of antiretrovirals at service delivery points; 2 the EDT national database, which facilitates the flow, storage, and collation of ART data at the central level; 3 the Facility Electronic Stock Card used to manage pharmaceutical stocks and report inventory movement data to the national level; and 4 the Pharmaceutical Management Information Dashboard that integrates all 3 tools plus the warehouse management tool used by the central and regional medical stores into 1 dashboard that serves as a platform Implementing Integrated Electronic Health System the analysis and dissemination of pharmaceutical information throughout the health system.

Implementing the pharmaceutical management information system was a prolonged and complicated process, with key challenges related to user acceptance and human resource constraints. Health managers use information from the system for medicine quantification decisions and to improve pharmaceutical service delivery. Namibia's pharmaceutical management information system demonstrates the feasibility and benefits of integrating related tools while maintaining their specialized functionality to address country-specific information and inventory management needs.

Abstract The success of the Namibian government's "treatment for all" approach to control and stop the country's HIV epidemic is dependent on an uninterrupted supply of antiretrovirals ARVs for people living with HIV. Publication types Research Support, U. Gov't, Non-P. Substances Anti-Retroviral Agents.]