Changes between Version 56 and Version 57 of Deployments/Ebola

Timestamp:

10/16/14 19:17:34 (10 years ago)

Author:

Dominic König

Comment:

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Deployments/Ebola

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 * Identify and digitize a suitable case investigation form
 * Review and incorporate Nigerian tracing methodology
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+** Problems **
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+How do we get the ongoing data into the system?
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+ * Cases
+ * Contact Persons
+ * Contact Monitoring Updates
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+The volunteers assessing the data do not carry around laptops, let alone are they connected to the internet. They currently use paper forms to report, which then need to be manually entered into the database after they returned to base. They do have mobile phones, though.
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+A key improvement to this process would be to allow mobile transmission of the data directly into the database, and notify field workers about new cases/contacts via mobile.
 
 **Resources**