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Notes for hospital directors

Practical writing on running Ethiopian hospitals and health centers on software — what works, what to check, and what to ask any vendor, including us.

  1. · 6 min readChoosing a hospital management system in Ethiopia: twelve questions to ask any vendorA practical checklist for Ethiopian hospital directors choosing a hospital management system: language, CBHI, reporting, connectivity, data and support.
  2. · 5 min readEMR versus paper in an Ethiopian outpatient departmentWhat actually changes when an Ethiopian outpatient department moves from paper cards to an electronic medical record — and what does not.
  3. · 5 min readCBHI claims: how digital claims cut rejectionsWhy CBHI claims get rejected or delayed in Ethiopian hospitals and health centers, and how building claims from the visit record reduces rejections.
  4. · 5 min readHMIS and DHIS2 reporting from an EMR: what to expectHow an EMR can produce the monthly HMIS report Ethiopian facilities submit to DHIS2, what has to be mapped by hand, and where the pitfalls are.
  5. · 5 min readRunning hospital software on unreliable internet and powerA practical guide for Ethiopian hospitals: designing software use, connectivity, power backup and downtime procedures so patient care never stops.
  6. · 5 min readPatient data protection: obligations for Ethiopian hospitalsWhat Ethiopia's data protection law and medical confidentiality mean for hospitals moving to digital records — and what to ask your software vendor.
  7. · 5 min readPharmacy stock and expiry control in Ethiopian hospitalsHow Ethiopian hospital pharmacies can stop losing medicines to expiry and stock-outs: batch tracking, FEFO dispensing, reorder levels and a stock ledger.
  8. · 5 min readAntenatal care tracking at health centersHow health centers can track every pregnancy across eight ANC contacts, spot danger signs early, follow up missed visits and report without tally sheets.

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