Description of Session
PSI Zimbabwe needed a way to fully integrate client records for increased client management that is effective across health areas. While PSI/Z clinics are integrated in the service delivery offered, there is currently a separate medical record tool for each intervention. The system is vertical across health areas. For example, a woman can access SRHR at a New Start Clinic, yet the SRHR counsellor won’t know with certainty the last visit a client had with SRHR or even when her last HTS was conducted beyond client-self reporting. Data collection across the health areas was not streamlined resulting data like risk assessment data being collected multiple time. To resolve this problem PSI/Zimbabwe created Bahmni. Bahmni, is an easy to use, open source Electronic Medical Record [EMR] system. It is bundled with three existing open source products and enhanced to be a single application. Bahmni, was designed with the aim to cater to the needs of a hospital for improved healthcare delivery through efficient information management at rural and resource-constrained areas. It is currently deployed and used in more than 40 countries for various clinical needs & missions. This session will be discussing how Bahmni works and how it’s integration to DHIS2 was achieved.
