Oneworld Works

HEALTHCARE PROGRAM 

Oneworld Works provides medical supplies and volunteer healthcare personnel to hospitals and clinics in Africa and other developing countries.

Oneworld Works is developing an eHealth program whose goal is to improve the overall structure of the medical systems in the DRC and other developing countries.

The program will computerize the following:

• Electronic Medical Records (including patient records, clinical administration systems, digital imaging & archiving systems, e-prescribing, e-booking)

• Telemedicine and telecare services; health information networks

• Decision support tools

• Internet-based technologies and services

    e-Health will also cover virtual reality, robotics, multi-media (e.g. CDROM), digital imaging, computer assisted surgery, wearable and portable monitoring systems, health portals.

    e-Health technologies with the potential to have a significant future impact on patient care include Internet-enabled applications for chronic diseases that could help increase citizen empowerment in health maintenance and decision-making supporting self-care.

Benefits

• E-Health is expected to improve various aspects of healthcare (quality, cost-efficiency, access...) by:

• Supporting the delivery of care tailored to individual patients, where ICT (Information and Communication Technology) enables more informed decision-making based both on evidence and patient-specific data.

• Improving transparency and accountability of care processes and facilitating shared care across boundaries.

• Aiding evidence-based practice and error reduction.

• Improving diagnostic accuracy and treatment appropriateness.

• Improving access to effective healthcare by reducing barriers created, for example, by physical location or disability.

• Facilitating patient empowerment for self-care and health decision-making.

• Improving cost-efficiency by streamlining processes and reducing waiting times and waste.