Zimbabwe plans to computerize patient data at all opportunistic infection clinics in the country to help track patients, Comtex/All Africa reports.
Patient data at Chitungwiza Central Hospital is being computerized through a pilot project sponsored by Stanford University. The opportunistic infection clinic at Chitungwiza Hospital has received five computers worth more than $15,000 from Stanford, and its computer room will be launched next month, Comtex/All Africa reports.
The project, aimed at enhancing data capturing for reference purposes, will expand to all government clinics, according to Obadiah Moyo, Chitungwiza CEO.
"The new system, which is the first of its kind in Zimbabwe, will enhance efficiency during research of various impacts in treatment of patients and also make it possible to keep data intact," Moyo said.
Moyo added that digitizing the clinics will boost collaborations between Zimbabwe's health sector and Stanford (Comtex/All Africa, 8/23).