Data for action: Improving quality of care for women and people with disabilities
At a glance:
Partner:
Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation in Tanzania (CCBRT)
When?
December 2018 to October 2018
Where?
Tanzania
Thematic Area?
Health
ICTs:
OpenClinic software – an open source hospital information management solution adapted to low income countries.

Data for action: Improving quality of care for women and people with disabilities
The primary objective of this project is to improve data quality, data use and financial tracking for continuous enhancement the quality of CCBRT services.
CCBRT’s health management system (HMIS) will be developed, customized and rolled out across service units. The system would then host the diagnostic and therapeutic clinical decision-making support tools that implement good clinical practice guidelines in relevant practice areas.
Challenges to address
CCBRT is equipped with digital tools but data management is still paper-based. The traditional record system which is used is not always reliable and this also requires staff extra time and effort, risks of human error, opportunities for corruption and a breakage in feedback data.
Activities
With the support of the research team, The project activities with start with a baseline study that would be carried out to survey current data collection methods and quality, as well as data use by staff in relevant department.
As a super specialist referral hospital, CCBRT to develop a software where the staff will efficiently manage extensive amounts of data and connecting data from department and staff through the hospital. The registration of patients’ rendez-vous, the room supply system also the development of a system beneficial to the financial department.
The Data for Action project will train end user staff after the development of the software and the clinical staff. The health worker would be trained in health records. Staff feedback would be organised to improve the capacity of the participants.
Project activities would be closed with the comparison of the baseline study findings and the outcome follow-up survey.

CCBRT – Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation in Tanzania
Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation in Tanzania (CCBRT) is a Tanzanian health care organization which works to prevent disability, provide affordable medical and rehabilitative services, and aid empowerment of people with disabilities and their families.