Description of Session
Demo of the Nairobi County Non-Communicable Diseases Quality Management electronic medical system (Nairobi County NCD QM EMS) technology that's building the capacity of healthcare workers to adhere to clinical guidelines in the management of hypertension (HTN) and Diabetes Mellitus (DM). The system provides a platform to easily digitize & avail NCD data in 4 select sub-counties in Nairobi County, Kenya, namely Westlands, Ruaraka, Embakasi East and Embakasi West sub-counties targetting 45 facilities. The EMS users are primarily clinicians, other users include data clerks and administrators at facility, sub-county & county levels. Users access the system through the Android mobile application and/or the web application to collect data online/offline, manage data and report. The EMS is built on the OpenMRS platform with custom modules for the provision of care for DM & HTN clients, is designed to be usable in low resource environments. The design & implementation of the system used the Principles for Digital Development foundation designing with the user, understanding the existing ecosystem, using open standards and open source innovation. Additionally, a multiprong training approach is in use and entails the use of a threefold training module approach covering the clinical guidelines, Ministry of Health(MOH) tools and the EMS jointly, On-the-job training, Training of Trainers(ToT) and mentorship of champions at the facility level through to the county level.
