Previous Software Innovations


Patient Registration Module

Simplifies patient management as they arrive at a clinic; allows a user to register new patients, to identify returning patients and to route patients to appropriate points of care.

  • Over 800,000 patients registered.
  • Actively being used at Kamuzu Central Hospital since 2001.

Sites: Kamuzu Central Hospital

Program: Visual Basic

HTC (HIV Testing and Counseling) Module

Improves the completeness, accuracy and timeliness of information collected during HTC sessions through standardized processes without retrospective entry.

Sites: The Lighthouse Clinic and Martin Preuss Center, MACRO HTC sites (Blantyre, Lilongwe and Mzuzu)

Program: Visual Basic

Laboratory Management Module

  • Records lab results and prints barcoded labels for specimens
  • Improves the management of lab specimens through barcoded labeling.
  • Reduces transcription errors of CD4 results by interfacing the CD4 counter with the information system.

Sites: Kamuzu Central Hospital, The Lighthouse Clinic and Martin Preuss Center

Program: Visual Basic

X-Ray Management Module

  • Improves patient flow and the management of x-ray results and film handling.
  • Automates the generation of statistics covering utilization and the consumption of films.
  • Stores findings electronically and increases access to x-ray results.

Site: Kamuzu Central Hospital

EPICs (Electronic Pharmaceutical Inventory Control System)

Improves the management of drugs within a hospital, including inventory control, dispensation and reporting.

Site: Kamuzu Central Hospital