Systems Design

Under the PEPFAR-supported AIDSRelief project, Futures Group designed and implemented nationally-recognized electronic patient monitoring and management systems to meet country, donor, and clinic requirements. We build and strengthen monitoring and evaluation capacity at medical clinics to collect, manage, and analyze strategic information using both paper-based and electronic patient monitoring systems.

To date, we have helped to establish longitudinal paper records at 244 clinics in nine countries that meet the standards established by the local governments. AIDSRelief has taken an iterative approach and the paper-based system changes to meet the needs of the clinics. Facilitated by Futures Group, and in collaboration with other consortium members, clinics are using patient management tools to improve patient care and program management.

Futures Group has developed three main informatics solutions to meet and support the needs of the clinics. Collectively, these tools are known as IQSolutions and consist of IQCare, IQChart, and IQTools. IQCare is a robust and comprehensive data capture and reporting system with patient management tools designed to measure patient outcomes. IQCare helps clinics collect and make use of accurate longitudinal patient data and is in use at more than 100 clinics in four countries—including Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda.