The Community Health Units Database Networking Systems for Sustainable Technological Growth, Healthcare Delivery Equality and Broader e-Governance Implicit Measures in LDCs is developed within the scope of dynamically and automatically networking patient care health data and health unit management parameters such that the concerns of marginalised and vulnerable populations and health institutions can obtain instantaneous attention and solutions from everywhere.

1. INTRODUCING THE
COMMUNITY HEALTH UNIT
DATABASE NETWORK SYSTEM
Theme:
Fostering Dynamism and Effectiveness in
Patient Data Keeping, Health Personnel
Management and Distant Financial Service
Delivery/Control for Community Health
Systems in sub-Saharan Africa

2. THE NEED
• Reduce the hectic paper work procedures, Unreliable keeping, finding and
difficulty in editing/update in patient’s and other medical records.
• Cut down over 85% of cost incurred in accessing, processing and keeping
patient and other medical data.
Patient Data and Electronic Medical Records Enhancements
• Upgrade community health unit management with a more effective
personnel and health unit’s work planning, monitoring and evaluation
system
• Cut down over 75% of cost incurred in regular displacements, distant work
and personnel assessments and the community’s health units development
studies.
Health Personnel Management and Health Institutional Development
• Provide a means through which distant family members, friends and other
persons/organizations can settle patients’ health bills.
• Create a health bills settlement credit making system wherein persons can
save money to be debited later incase for future unforeseen circumstances.
Medical Bills and Other Patient to Health Unit’s Financial Dispositions

3. OBJECTIVES
To build and
institutionalise a cost
effective patient data
storage,
communication, health
personnel
management and a
facilitated distant
health bills regulatory
system through
dynamic ICT
networking parameters
within the health units
and services in Sub-
Saharan Africa.
Impressively
facilitating distant
central management
procedures such as;
work planning,
follow-ups,
monitoring and
reporting including
an efficient staff
assessment and
development
evaluation plan.
Building and improving
on the medical ICT
networking usage
capacities of the health
service personnel within
health units.
Facilitating the
accessibility of patient
health and physician
records within a single
health unit and amongst
an aggregate group of
health institutions.
Improving on the
health data
communication links,
privacy and security
on patient health,
electronic health and
medical health
records within and
amongst health units.
Facilitating distant e-
consultations and health
bills payments for family
members, friends and
other third parties.

4. The Community Health Unit Database 1.0 Preview
Modus operandi
A patient books a
consultation
appointment and all
patient’s health history
and affiliations are
obtained and entered
into the system with a
unique identity leaving
an audit trail.
Physician’s in charge
are identified, their
decisions,
prescriptions,
diagnosis , and drug
dispensaries used are
indicated in the system.
The Units Cashiers and
other affiliated banks
and mobile companies
enter payments for
patients health bills in
to the system.
Health units work
evaluation plan
assesses workers and
other developmental
issues in the institution.

5. H1, H2,…HX are the computer systems within the different health units working with the installed
community health unit database 1.0 wherein all institutional health and patient records are entered,
stored and edited
Accessible Data AD is read only data storage that the individual database systems reserve as a
2way data share point. The full fleshed stealth arrow represents information flow of hierarchical
order to the Central Reporting Unit (CRU). The broken flesh open arrow represents general
information flow permitted for the other subordinate health institutions to view at their bases such
as names/admitted patients status in the different health units, circulars, etc.
The Virtual Private Network (VPN) permits secured inter-institutional data transactions within the
system exempted from other internet related communications.
The Community Health Unit Database Networking System Preview

6. The Innovation and System’s Specifics
Completely new to Cameroon,
the community health unit
database network system is
designed to structurally
accommodate the needs and
variations within local health
units and also to act as a tool
to strongly foster dynamism
in communication and e-
governance within the health
sector in sub-Saharan African
nations.
At a national management
level, it will strongly boost
health institutional
accountability and strengthen
e-governance initiatives for
equitable health developmental
prospects to most vulnerable
/least fortunate segment of the
country’s population and their
health facilities.
Structured in a bilingual tone
to suit the nations dual
official language culture of
English and French and it is
also a user friendly and self
teaching system.
It protects, preserves and unify
management of all health unit
data with a single, efficient and
highly reliable solution and also
eliminates the burden of health
care bill settlements and delays
by introducing a health care
credit making system wherein
health bills are debited from the
patient’s existing credits.

7. Development Milestones - Business Approach Strategy
9 months projection/initiative
Development Strategy approach Tasks
Carrying out professional
software development
analysis with targeted
health units for feasibility
assertion.
Organizing meetings with the
patients, families, health
personnel and the software
developers for ascertaining
the system needs.
Build the community health
unit database software and
organize proper testing
phases with the targeted
health units.
18 months projection/initiative
Development Strategy approach Tasks
Organizing advocacy and
system show case
workshops with influential
health authorities to gain
administrative support.
Set up policy development
strategy proposals for the
system and forwarding them
to the national ministries in
charge of health.
Set up a strategic online
website designed to reach
and influence other health
sectors in the sub Saharan
African states.

8. System usage & Risk running analysis
Direct System Management
Repairs
System maintenance
team contacts are issued
to client institutions
System client security
guidelines are exchanged
with the institutions
System Running Phase
Institutional personnel
are granted preliminary
training on usage
Administrative/other
concern users create
user pass codes
Installation Phase
Agreement between
client institutions are
reached
Available computer
performances are
checked and installation
performed
Running Risk Analysis
Risks likeli
hood
Impact
on
system
Management
Computer
data storage
hard drives
crash
U High Installations are done
with additional external
automatic back-up hard
drives.
System
performance
distorted due
to computer
viruses
L Medium Installations with latest
updated anti-virus/anti-
spywares and users are
advised not to connect
their personal flash
drives to the system.
System data
is hacked by
outsiders
L Minimal Authorised system
users are instructed on
how to edit their pass
codes.
Technical
assistance/re
pairs of
system come
in late
L Minimal Trained community
resident technicians are
posted for handling
emergency technical
faults within the system
Where in Column Likelihood: HU = high Unlikely, U = Unlikely, L = Likely, HL = Highly Likely

9. Graphical Time Frame Projection of the
System within Sub-Saharan African States

10. System Impacts & Sustenance Measures
IMPACT
A considerable increase in the ICT
development potentials of local community
youths and the spread of online internet
opportunities in remote localities within sub
Saharan African states
A wide related technological spread and usage
of the community health unit database
network system to other private and public
institutions within sub-Saharan African States
An increased consideration and development
of national e-governance measures and/or
policies fostering development initiatives
within Sub-Saharan African States
SUSTENANCE
Institutionalize local community ICT capacity
building processes and engaging/hiring the
services of the trained youths in the maintenance
and management of the network system
Building global ICT work development
partnerships with other private and public
institutions, an online website promotion
space and ICT policy proposal processes
Holding ICT networking and e-governance
sampling meetings and workshops with
influential government authorities within the
sub Saharan African region and beyond