A Web Based Numerical Model for Integrating HIV-AIDS Health Care Information Systems

The fight against the spread and effects of HIVAIDS has recently been given high priority in Africa. However, an obstacle to the successful effort in fighting the pandemic remains the lack of an integrated and coordinated information sharing infrastructure to which all stakeholders have access. In Uganda, sharing of information on AIDS is further constrained by the diversity of information storage, processing, retrieval and d i s se mina t ion interfaces adopted by the different healthcare p rov ide r s . Integration of the Information systems of the various health care providers in the HIVAIDS pandemic has not been attained as yet. This study describes a web based model for integration of the information systems of different organiza t ions charged wi th the care of HIV-AIDS pat ients and informat ion dissemination within the healthcare system. The results of the study demonstra te that integrated access to information about HIV-AIDS in Uganda is both possible and attainable. The approach used in this study is inexpensive given that it employed open source software.