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Förslaget inkom 2011-02-24

Innovative IT System for maternity clinics in developing countries

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Maternal mortality in rural areas of Uganda and some other countries in Africa is very high. IT systems properly implemented in developing countries can help to improve the workflow in maternity clinics, and help to improve quality of service and care to pregnant women and new born babies.

Additionally, IT Systems enable information flow between health units, thus improving patient referrals, and helping to make informed decisions on financing targeted health interventions by the Ministry of Health.

Within the framework of ICT4MPOWER project, the team at Karolinska is developing an Innovative Electronic Health Record System, which will be implemented in Ugandan healthcare clinics, especially in rural areas.

Maternity Information Management System (MIMS) is among the highest in the priority for implementation in Uganda.

The research objective of the thesis is to investigate how effective maternity information management system should be developed and implemented in Ugandan health units, especially in rural areas.

The detailed activities in the thesis include:
1) Understanding the workflow and information needs in maternity clinics of Uganda
2) Design and development of effective maternity information management system as part of developer team at Karolinska
3) Evaluation of the system in healthcare clinics of Uganda and making necessary adjustments

Software development will be based on Perl, or Python, or Ruby or Java languages, and we expect the candidates to have a passion for software development. The candidate must also be comfortable working in Linux (Ubuntu) environment. Knowledge of Perl is an advantage for this thesis work.

It’s a merit if the candidate has experience in Human Computer Interaction and knowledge in Interactive Systems.

We are seeking bachelor/master students who are passionate in the field of programming, but also wants to dedicate his/her skills to help developing countries improve their maternal mortality rates and other important healthcare indicators and applying ICT tools where it makes the most value.

If you are really interested in this thesis work, please dedicate a time frame to put your most relevant experience concerning this thesis in Cover Letter, adjust your CV to point out your strongest points relevant to this thesis, and also attach a transcript of your records.

Please submit the documents in one zip file to [email protected]

Our vision is to contribute towards quality, accessible and affordable healthcare services at the point of need.


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