TY - JOUR
T1 - A method to manage and share anti-retroviral (ARV) therapy information of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients in Vietnam
AU - Nguyen, Phung Anh
AU - Syed-Abdul, Shabbir
AU - Minamareddy, Priti
AU - Lee, Peisan
AU - Ngo, Thuy Dieu
AU - Iqbal, Usman
AU - Nguyen, Phuong Hoang
AU - Jian, Wen Shan
AU - Li, Yu Chuan (Jack)
PY - 2013/8
Y1 - 2013/8
N2 - Management of antiretroviral (ARV) drug and HIV patients data is an important component of Vietnam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control (VAAC) Department and hospitals/health care units when people often travel in other places of Vietnam; therefore, it would lead to a number of medical errors in treatment as well as patients do not adhere to ARV therapy. In this paper, we describe a system that manages and shares antiretroviral therapy information of 4438 HIV patients in three healthcare centers in Hanoi capital of Vietnam. The overall design considerations, architecture and the integration of centralized database and decentralized management for the system are also presented. The findings from this study can serve as a guide to consider in the implementation model of health care to manage and share information of patients not only in HIV infection, but also in the other chronic and non-communicable diseases.
AB - Management of antiretroviral (ARV) drug and HIV patients data is an important component of Vietnam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control (VAAC) Department and hospitals/health care units when people often travel in other places of Vietnam; therefore, it would lead to a number of medical errors in treatment as well as patients do not adhere to ARV therapy. In this paper, we describe a system that manages and shares antiretroviral therapy information of 4438 HIV patients in three healthcare centers in Hanoi capital of Vietnam. The overall design considerations, architecture and the integration of centralized database and decentralized management for the system are also presented. The findings from this study can serve as a guide to consider in the implementation model of health care to manage and share information of patients not only in HIV infection, but also in the other chronic and non-communicable diseases.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cmpb.2013.04.004
DO - 10.1016/j.cmpb.2013.04.004
M3 - Article
C2 - 23769644
AN - SCOPUS:84880040122
SN - 0169-2607
VL - 111
SP - 290
EP - 299
JO - Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine
JF - Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine
IS - 2
ER -
