Strengthening Pharmaceutical Systems for Palliative Care Services in Resource Limited Settings: Piloting A mHealth Application across a Rural and Urban Setting in Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorNamisango, Eve
dc.contributor.authorNtege, Chris
dc.contributor.authorLuyirika, Emmanuel B. K.
dc.contributor.authorKiyange, Fatia
dc.contributor.authorAllsop, Matthew J.
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-01T15:08:43Z
dc.date.available2022-07-01T15:08:43Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractMedicine availability is improving in sub-Saharan Africa for palliative care services. There is a need to develop strong and sustainable pharmaceutical systems to enhance the proper management of palliative care medicines, some of which are controlled. One approach to addressing these needs is the use of mobile technology to support data capture, storage and retrieval. Utilizing mobile technology in healthcare (mHealth) has recently been highlighted as an approach to enhancing palliative care services but development is at an early stage.An electronic application was implemented as part of palliative care services at two settings in Uganda; a rural hospital and an urban hospice. Measures of the completeness of data capture, time efficiency of activities and medicines stock and waste management were taken pre- and post-implementation to identify changes to practice arising from the introduction of the application.Improvements in all measures were identified at both sites. The application supported the registration and management of 455 patients and a total of 565 consultations. Improvements in both time efficiency and medicines management were noted. Time taken to collect and report pharmaceuticals data was reduced from 7 days to 30 min and 10 days to 1 h at the urban hospice and rural hospital respectively. Stock expiration reduced from 3 to 0.5 % at the urban hospice and from 58 to 0 % at the rural hospital. Additional observations relating to the use of the application across the two sites are reported.A mHealth approach adopted in this study was shown to improve existing processes for patient record management, pharmacy forecasting and supply planning, procurement, and distribution of essential health commodities for palliative care services. An important next step will be to identify where and how such mHealth approaches can be implemented more widely to improve pharmaceutical systems for palliative care services in resource limited settings.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNamisango, E., Ntege, C., Luyirika, E. B., Kiyange, F., & Allsop, M. J. (2016). Strengthening pharmaceutical systems for palliative care services in resource limited settings: piloting a mHealth application across a rural and urban setting in Uganda. BMC palliative care, 15(1), 1-11.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-016-0092-9en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/4153
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBMC palliative careen_US
dc.subjectPalliative care, Pharmacy, mHealth, Electronic system, Morphine, Pain managementen_US
dc.titleStrengthening Pharmaceutical Systems for Palliative Care Services in Resource Limited Settings: Piloting A mHealth Application across a Rural and Urban Setting in Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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