Abstract  Purpose  Getting the right information to providers can improve quality of care. We set out to provide patient-specific Electronic Medical Record (EMR)-based clinical summaries for providers taking care of HIV-positive adult patients in the resource-limited setting of Mbarara, Uganda.  Methods  We evaluated the impact of implementing these clinical summaries using time-motion techniques and provider surveys.  Results  After implementation of EMR-based clinical summaries, providers spent more time in direct care of patients (2.9min vs. 2.3min,  p   Conclusions  By taking advantage of data stored in EMRs, efficiency and quality of care can be improved through clinical summaries, even in settings with limited resources.
['Martin C. Were', 'Changyu Shen', 'Mwebesa Bwana', 'Nneka Emenyonu', 'Nicholas Musinguzi', 'Frank Nkuyahaga', 'Annet Kembabazi', 'William M. Tierney']
Creation and evaluation of EMR-based paper clinical summaries to support HIV-care in Uganda, Africa