Piloting a smartphone-based application for tracking and supply chain management of medicines in Africa

Egharevba, Henry Omoregie; Fatokun, Omolola Temitope; Aboh, Mercy; Kunle, Olobayo Olufunso; Nwaka, Solomon; Gamaniel, K.

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0217976

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“… 45 , 46 The issue of medication shortages often has more to do with maldistribution and poor supply chain management leading to wastage, 47 and ehealth solutions may crossover between health informatics and telemedicine through national and facility focused software programs to monitor the process. 48 …”

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Telemedicine options to address identified health needs in Botswana

2022

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Objective Global efforts to implement national ehealth strategies have occurred, yet specific telemedicine implementations have fallen behind. A weakness inherent within many, perhaps most, national ehealth strategies, including Botswana's – is a lack of telemedicine focus. This is despite its potential to address many current healthcare system needs. The development of a telemedicine-specific strategy, to complement the existing ehealth strategy, has been proposed. This paper reports on an emulated process to determine prioritised health needs, identify broad solutions, consider ehealth and then telemedicine solutions, and prioritise these as insight for telemedicine-specific strategy development. Methods The eHealth Strategy Development Framework (eHSDF) was adopted and steps 5–7 were emulated. Key informants participated in telephone-based semi-structured interviews in November 2020, using a key informant interview guide. Participants were asked specific questions related to national health needs, proposed solutions, and prioritisation. The interviews were recorded and transcribed for analysis. Results Eleven key informants identified the top five perceived health issues as human resource shortages, congestion and overcrowding, prevalence of diseases, poor referral system, and lack of diagnostic and case management skills. Solutions were proposed, some of which included: Telehealth (including telemedicine), health informatics, and elearning. Telemedicine solutions included: a health professional help desk, teleconsultations, and apps for specialist referral. eLearning solutions were training, mentoring, and continuing professional development. Conclusion A telemedicine-specific strategy, addressing the identified health issues and aligned to the existing national ehealth strategy, would provide the required focus to enable the development and deployment of telemedicine activities in the country.

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Telemedicine options to address identified health needs in Botswana

2022

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“…Traceability acts as a link to share relevant information between actors in the supply chain [8]. Currently has been several studies conducted related to food tracing & tracking information systems, including research conducted by Shamsuzzoha [9], Egharevba [10], M'hand [11], and Purwandoko [6]. There are several technologies commonly used in tracing and tracking systems such as GPS, GTIN, RFID, Barcodes, Q.R.…”

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“…Barcodes and Q.R. Codes are the most affordable and commonly used devices on a variety of electronic devices, specifically for the latest generation of smartphones [11]. Barcodes have limitations in terms of code readings that are longer and more complicated when the physical label is imperfect or damaged.…”

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Design of Prototype Information System for Tracking & Tracing Fish Distribution Based on Mobile Agent

Ardiansyah

Pusadan

Rombe

et al. 2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng.

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The National Fish Logistics System or often called SLIN is an Indonesian Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries program that aims to maintain the stability of the production and marketing systems and control the disparity in national fish prices. Central Sulawesi is the Province that becomes the main corridor of this program. The inefficient distribution monitoring process generally causes several problems in the field of fisheries distribution management that still often occur today by the regional Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. It indicates that SLIN is not yet running optimally. This study purpose a prototype design of fish distribution tracking based on a mobile agent that can use to help consumers to track distribution channels and get information about the origin of the fish to be purchased. The data will further process for monitoring fish distribution in a real-time manner by the regional Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. A proper monitoring mechanism will undoubtedly help the government in making policies and conducting supervision to make the SLIN implementation successful in Central Sulawesi. By the research, we found that the proposed method can gather data from every level fish distribution agent then processed the data to inform about distribution line and the origin of the fish for the consumer. The proposed solution framework could be implemented and nearly fit with current implementation criteria. The framework later can be a base framework for developing a more advanced information system for SLIN in Central Sulawesi Region.

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“…Since the school's operations still rely on paper forms, the researcher proposes a workable solution to the problems. A study was conducted to determine the accuracy, reliability, and application of a QR Code [2] that would be used in the manual forms with a tracking system to improve the school's budgeting process. In terms of security and resilience, a QR code watermarking technique is proposed in this research [3].…”

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A Real Time Tracking System for School Forms Using QR Codes with Watermarking Algorithm

Rimando¹,

Corpuz²

2022

JAIMLNN

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Document tracking is considered crucial, particularly in schools that still use traditional administration methods. Meanwhile, the usage of forms in a school's office, such as the Budget Division, is still necessary and should not be removed as per the school’s current policy. As a result, the school should have a solid monitoring system in place to ensure that these forms are stable and reliable. The tracking system is a flexible solution that may be used as a collaboration and communication tool, and it can aid in the construction of a traceable process. The researcher investigates the school's key concerns regarding using paper-based forms, as well as how the school can track its progress and location. The usage of a watermarking algorithm and a QR code-based tracking system was explored in this study. In addition, the structure, applications, security, and strategies for using a QR code are discussed. Existing watermarking technology, according to relevant research, has the opportunity for development in terms of imperceptibility and endurance in the future.

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Piloting a smartphone-based application for tracking and supply chain management of medicines in Africa

Cited by 8 publications

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Telemedicine options to address identified health needs in Botswana

Telemedicine options to address identified health needs in Botswana

Design of Prototype Information System for Tracking & Tracing Fish Distribution Based on Mobile Agent

A Real Time Tracking System for School Forms Using QR Codes with Watermarking Algorithm

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