We imagine a world where poor clinics treating even poorer patients can improve the efficiency of their operations and thus improve care for their patients.
We were walking in mud carrying the commodities we had to use. 40 pound boxes of medications, a team of 11 people stuck on a $3000 medical sail mission; there was no turning back.
What was behind the furrow on his brow? Selecting just the right dhow for this next trip to sail for 6 days on the ocean with patients’ medications.
Digital records in healthcare are essential. We can now reach so many people in distant rural villages. They are efficient and sustainable.
We got good beds with good mattresses, cleaned and brought in a heater for cold nights, and a small gas cooker to make tea and a meal for patients. Our deliveries at the clinic increased from 10 to 30 per month.
Njoroge’s wife died one night when I was on call a few years ago, leaving him with their 8-year-old daughter.
A BandaGo client clinic is trained in best business and clinical practices, and their use of BandaGo to track patient visits, income, expense, and inventory increases from 25% to 100%!
“Everybody is using BandaGo at Naikarra – even our cleaner is putting in soap needs in the system; soon we will put in Maasai spears for the guard,” says Leonard Loontaye.
She burns it and injects it. She tells me she is pregnant and wants to stop. Can the clinic right here in her slum help?
As I examined her, I saw little feet. Breech twins! It was an hour and a half to midnight. It was going to be a long night.
They shifted here from the slums and replicate their habits which include using flying toilets and dumping garbage. They move here to change their lives.
Africa covers 6% of the earth’s total surface area and 20% of the total land area. It has been the fastest-growing part of the world in internet connectivity and use of mobile phones with digital access. BandaGo, which runs on these digital networks, helps medical clinics deliver the right treatment right away.
I didn’t know how long I had been there, but Uzima White medical clinic was my lifeline.
Frontline medical clinics tell us the challenges they face when providing treatment with very limited resources. We then build technology solutions that support their tasks.
He was not afraid, he was terrified. He knew being a second-Dan black belt made him impervious, but he was also keenly aware the ghetto was a fierce place.
The gangs protected me and kept me safe so that I could treat the sick without being attacked.
Just as swiftly, the same hand jerked him violently, and brought him close enough to feel the attacker’s hot breath on his ear.
Most of us do good in our spare time. Some people do it for a living. Nobody told them that pandemics are a reasonable excuse to slow down.
My answer these days is pretty straightforward. Google Maps drives me.
In which fixing motorcycles leads to better healthcare
There’s something amazing about watching people who society assumes should be enemies work together as friends and allies instead.
Last week, I had the pleasure of hosting three members of the team from Cana Family Health Care Center – one of our clients – at our home in Kijabe. Cana has been switching over to Banda from paper.
I am old enough to know now that, behind all the sweet stories and pageants of this holiday season, there is a Christmas story reality that gets some people to give up their plans for finding peace and security in life and pursue something bigger but less comfortable.
A nurse, with a half-dead woman strapped to her back with a bedsheet, riding a motorcycle through the woods in the pitch-black night…
– and you are a real, licensed healthcare provider trying to take care of your patients.