Publications for Gerald Douglas, PhD

2019

Mtonga TM, Choonara FE, Espino JU, Kachaje C, Kapundi K, Mengezi TE, Mumba SL, Douglas GP. Design and implementation of a clinical Laboratory Information System in a Low Resource Setting. African Journal of Laboratory Medicine.  2019 October 28; 8(1). https://doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v8i1/841

2018

Fisher AM, Mtonga TM, Espino JU, Jonkman LJ, Connor SE, Cappella NK, Douglas GP. User-centered design and usability testing of RxMAGIC: a prescription management and general inventory control system for free clinic dispensaries. BMC Health Serv Res. 2018 Sep 10;18(1):703. doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-3517-8. PMID: 30200939. PMCID: PMC6131751.

Camacho J, Medina Ch. AM, Landis-Lewis Z, Douglas G, Boyce R. Comparing a Mobile Decision Support System Versus the Use of Printed Materials for the Implementation of an Evidence-Based Recommendation: Protocol for Qualitative Evaluation. JMIR Res Protoc 2018;7(4):e104. doi: 10.2196/resprot.9827. PMID: 29653921. PMCID: PMC5924374.

Ogoe HA, Asamani JA, Hochheiser H, Douglas GP. Assessing Ghana's eHealth Workforce: implications for planning and training. Human Resources for Health. 2018 Nov 27;16(1):65. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-018-0330-8. PMID: 30482223. PMCID: PMC6260724.

Mtonga T, Abaye M, Rosko SC, Douglas GP. A comparative usability study of two touchscreen clinical workstations for use in low resource settings. Journal of Health Informatics in Africa 2018;5(2). https://doi.org/10.12856/JHIA-2018-v5-i2-209

Gadabu OJ, Ben-Smith A, Douglas GP, Chirwa-Nasasara K, Manjomo RC, Harries AD, Dambula I, Kang'oma S, Chiumia T, Chinsinga FB. Scaling up electronic village registers for measuring vital statistics in rural villages in Malawi. Public Health Action. 2018 Jun 21;8(2):79-84. doi: 10.5588/pha.17.0116. PMID: 29946524. PMCID: PMC6012956.

2016

Petrose LG, Fisher AM, Douglas GP, Terry MA, Muula A, Chawani MS, Limula H, Driessen J. Assessing Perceived Challenges to Laboratory Testing at Kamuzu Central Hospital. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2016 Mar 28; 15 (0867). PMID: 27022150. PMCID: PMC4889768.

Fisher A, Herbert MI, Douglas GP. Understanding the dispensary workflow at the Birmingham Free Clinic: A proposed framework for an informatics intervention. BMC Health Serv Res. 2016 Feb 19; 16:69. PMCID: PMC4759722. doi: 10.1186/s12913-016-1308-7

Manjomo RC, Mwagomba B, Ade S, Douglas GP, et al. Managing and monitoring chronic non-communicable diseases in a primary health care clinic, Lilongwe, Malawi. Public Health Action. 2016;6(2):60-65. doi:10.5588/pha.16.0003. PMID: 27358797. PMCID: PMC4913686.

Fisher A. Ding M, Hochheiser H, Douglas G. (2016) Measuring time utilization of pharmacists in the Birmingham Free Clinic dispensary. BMC Health Services Research 16(1-7) DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-17. PMID: 27687973. PMCID: PMC5043635.

2015

Landis-Lewis Z, Manjomo R, Gadabu OJ, Kam M, Simwaka BN, Zickmund SL, Chimbwandira F, Douglas GP, Jacobson RS. Barriers to using eHealth data for clinical performance feedback in Malawi: A case study. Int J Med Inform. 2015 Oct;84(10:868-75. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2015.07.003. Epub 2015 Jul 19. PMID: 26238704. PMCID: PMC4841462.

Driessen J, Limula H, Gadabu OJ, Gamadzi G, Chitandale E, Ben-Smith A, Douglas GP, Alide N. Informatics solutions for bridging the gap between clinical and laboratory services in a low-resolution setting. African Journal of Laboratory Medicine. 2015 Jun 11; 4 (1):1-7. doi: 10.4102/ajlm.v4i1.176.

Harries AD, Kumar AM, Karpati A, Jahn A, Douglas GP, Gadabu OJ, Chimbwandira F, Zachariah R. Monitoring treatment outcomes in patients with chronic disease: lessons from tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS care and treatment programmes. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 2015 Jul; 20 (7):961-64. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12506 PMID: 25779103

Landis-Lewis Z, Brehaut JC, Hochheiser H, Douglas GP, Jacobson RS. (2015). Computer-supported feedback message tailoring: theory-informed adaptation of clinical audit and feedback for learning and behavior change. Implementation Science. 2015 Jan 25; 10(12). doi: 10.1186/s13012-014-0203-z.

Landis-Lewis Z, Douglas GP, Hochheiser H, Kam M, Gadabu O, Bwanali M, Jacobson RS. (2015). Computer-Supported Feedback Message Tailoring for Healthcare Providers in Malawi: Proof-of-Concept. AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings, 2015, 814–823.

2014

Gadabu OJ, Manjomo RJ, Mwakilama S, Douglas GP, Harries T, Moyo C, Makonokale LD, Kang’oma S, Chitedze P, Chinsinga FB. An electronic register for vital registration in a rural village with no electricity in Malawi. Public Health Action. 2014 Sep 21; 4 (3):145-49. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5588/pha.14.0015 PMID: 26400800 PMCID: PMC4533812

Kauffman YS, Connor SE, Jonkman L, Kane-Gill SL, Himisi T, Gillespie EM, Douglas GP. Retrospective Evaluation of Adverse Drug Reactions in a Central Hospital in Malawi. Enliven Archive. 2014 Nov 1; 1 (1):1-4. 

2012

Driessen J, Cioffi M, Alide N, Landis-Lewis Z, Gamadzi G, Gadabu OJ, Douglas G. Modeling return on investment for an electronic medical record system in Lilongwe, Malawi. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association: JAMIA. 2012 Nov 9. PMCID: PMC3721156. PMID: 23144335.

2011

Landis Lewis Z, Mello-Thoms C, Gadabu OJ, Gillespie EM, Douglas GP, Crowley RS. The Feasibility of Automating Audit and Feedback for ART Guideline Adherence in Malawi. Accepted to J Am Med Inform Assoc,  (JAMIA) April 19, 2011.

Gadabu OJ, Munthali CV, Zacharaiah R, Gudmund-Hinderaker S, Jahn A, Twea H, Gondwe A, Mumba S, Lungu M, Malisita K, Mhango E, Makombe SD, Tenthani L, Mwalwanda L, Moyo C, Douglas GP, Landis-Lewis Z, Chimbwandira F. Is transcription of data on antiretroviral treatment from electronic to paper-based registers reliable in Malawi? Public Health Action. 2011 Sep; 1 (1):10-12(3).

Allain TJ, van Oosterhout JJ, Douglas GP, Joukes S, Gadabu OJ, Darts C, Kapur A, Harries AD. Applying lessons learnt from the ‘DOTS’ Tuberculosis Model to monitoring and evaluating persons with diabetes mellitus in Blantyre, Malawi. Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH. 2011 Jun 27; 16 (9):1077-84. PMID: 21702868.

2010

Douglas GP, Gadabu OJ, Joukes S, Mumba S, McKay MV, et al. Using touchscreen electronic medical record systems to support and monitor national scale-up of antiretroviral therapy in Malawi.PLoS Med. 2010 Aug 10;7(8). pii: e1000319. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000319. PMCID: PMC2919419

Waters E, Rafter J, Douglas GP, Bwanali M, Jazayeri D, et al. Experience Implementing a Point-of-Care Electronic Medical Record System for Primary Care in Malawi. Medinfo 2010. In Press. PMID: 20841657

Landis Lewis Z, Douglas G, Monaco V, Crowley RS, Touchscreen Task Efficiency and Learnability in an Electronic Medical Record at the Point-of-Care. 13th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics Medinfo 2010, Cape Town, South Africa, 12-15th September 2010 (Accepted February 2010, Nominated for Best Student Paper, June 2010).  PMID: 20841658

2009

Waters E, Rafter J, Maganga RT, Fraser HSF, Douglas GP, et al. Integration of a touchscreen system for patient registration and primary care data collection with OpenMRS at Neno district hospital, Malawi. AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2009;107.

Douglas GP. Engineering an EMR system in the developing world: necessity is the mother of invention. PhD dissertation. Pittsburgh (PA): University of Pittsburgh; 2009.

2008

McKay MV, Douglas GP. Touchscreen clinical workstations at point-of-care: a paradigm shift in electronic medical record design for developing countries. 5th IET International Seminar on Appropriate Healthcare Technologies for Developing Countries. 2008/12213.

Douglas G, McKay M, Bwanali M, Gadabu O, Mumba S, et al. A comparison of data captured at point of care versus data captured retrospectively. AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2008;934. PMID: 18999092

2007

Fraser HS, Allen C, Bailey C, Douglas G, Shin S, Blaya J. Information systems for patient follow-up and chronic management of HIV and tuberculosis: a life-saving technology in resource-poor areas. Journal of medical Internet research. 2007; 9 (4):e29. PMCID: PMC2223184. PMID: 17951213.

2003

Douglas GP, Deula RA. Improving the completeness and accuracy of health information through the use of real-time data collection at the point of care. Proceedings of the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) HELINA (HEaLth INformatics in Africa) conference in Johannesburg, South Africa. 2003.

Douglas GP, Deula RA, Connor SE. The Lilongwe Central Hospital Patient Management Information System: a success in computer-based order entry where one might least expect. Proc AMIA Symp 2003;833. PMCID: PMC1480033

Harries AD, Jahn A, Ben-Smith A, Gadabu OJ, Douglas GP, Seita A, Khader A, Zachariah R. Cohort analysis to assess antenatal care and delivery outcomes in pregnancy: a basis to improve maternal health. Public Health Action. (accepted).
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