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- ItemCorona Virus Disease (COVID 19): Analysis and Design of an Alert and Real-time Tracking System(Warse, 2020-05) Umezuruike, Chinecherem; Nwankwo, Wilson; Tibenderana, Prisca; Assimwe, John Patrick; Muhirwa, RonaldMicroscopic agents such as viruses, protozoa, bacteria, fungi, etc. are common aetiologic agents in most infections affecting man. Whereas some infectious diseases are localized owing to the unique geospatial and biochemical characteristics of the aetiologic agents, others are not bound by such restrictions hence their manifest tendencies towards evolving an epidemic or even a pandemic. CoVID-19 sprang up in Wuhan China in November 2019 and was declared a pandemic by the in January 2020 World Health Organization (WHO). Like the Spanish flu of 1918 that claimed millions of lives, the COVID-19 has caused the demise of thousands with China, Italy, Spain and the USA having the highest statistics on infection and mortality rates. Regardless of existing sophisticated technologies and medical science, the spread has continued to surge high. Tracking of suspected carriers (cases) has been difficult, thereby increasing the risk of spread. As a novel infection, real-time information management beyond national geographical borders is vital to the success of any disease management campaign. Currently, information on the Covid-19 and applicable management procedures in most countries is limited thus creating a knowledge and management gap among the populace and even health management personnel especially in areas susceptible to the pandemic. In response to the aforementioned, this paper proposes an Alert and Tracking System (CVATS) that enhances information dissemination, disease management, tracking of cases, and management of confirmed cases. The system follows an object-oriented approach in articulating the various actors and evolves a model that could be implemented on both web and mobile platforms. On mobile platform, it employs google maps and could be used to track persons as well as geographical areas with prevalence of infections.
- ItemDeveloping an informatics model for effective healthcare in military health facilities in Nigeria(WJERT, 2017-07) Chinecherem, Umezuruike; Okolie, Samuel O.; Adewale, O. Adebayo3; Nwankwo, Wilson; Jonah, Joshua V.Management, exchange and control of clinical information flow, and decision support have remained a challenge in most secondary/tertiary healthcare institutions in Nigeria amidst the continued advancement in Information Technology. Many of those in need of healthcare are often attracted to Military health facilities owing to the public perception that such establishments have better facilities, dedicated personnel, and affordable cost. The common scenario is a high traffic of healthcare seekers thronging such facilities and invariably leading to poor care as available facilities are overstretched. This paper is an integral part of a series of investigations on how the large data generated during clinical care in public military health institutions in Nigeria could be used to aid effective planning and decision-support in health delivery. The study adopted a mix of design science and objectoriented methods to problem identification and analysis. First, a systematic study conducted revealed lack of integration of meaningful Information technologies into the practices and operations of most military hospitals as all information exchange is largely done manually.