Data quality assurance through the district, regional and national health information systems is a sure way of having a meaningful interpretation, but this is a challenge in many developing countries. The purpose of this ...

pregnancy at the time of conception [1]. Out of about 210 million global pregnancies annually, about forty (40) percent are not planned and twenty-two (22) percent are aborted [2]. Ninetyfive percent (95.0%) are ...

Electronic Health Record (EHR) can be defined as the electronic record that stores patient’s medical history information in a health record system, accessible and managed by both care providers and patients [1]. EHR has ...

Newborn data is important for decision making and planning purposes. Data transfer from facilities to district, regional and national levels must have high level of quality to benefit from its use for planning and decision ...

Purpose: To ascertain the prevalence of dyslipidaemia in diabetics in Cape Coast. Methods: This preliminary outpatient-based cross-sectional study was conducted in 79 diabetic patients (22 males and 57 females) receiving ...

Developing countries are slow adopters of new technologies, particularly with regards to the health services of these countries. This study explores the data collection and management challenges in four Ghanaian hospitals ...

ABSTRACT: The use of computers in the delivery of health care has significantly improved the way health service is delivered to clients and patients in the world. Despite the importance of computing to the delivery of ...

Average length of stay is typically used as an indicator of healthcare quality. Research on length of stay in Ghana is scarce while previous ones are superannuated. The study examines the factors that contribute to the ...

BACKGROUND: Anaemia is considered a severe public health problem by WHO and is seen as such in Ghana. Its prevalence in pregnancy has remained high despite improved antenatal care. The main purpose of this study was to ...

Background: Patients with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) have acute pain episodes that vary between patients. We examined whether differences exist in socio-demographic profiles, blood indices and pain attributed fear of movement ...