PMID- 27435952
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20171121
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1872-8243 (Electronic)
IS  - 1386-5056 (Linking)
VI  - 93
DP  - 2016 Sep
TI  - Open-source LIMS in Vietnam: The path toward sustainability and host country 
      ownership.
PG  - 92-102
LID - S1386-5056(16)30139-3 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2016.06.010 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: The objectives of this case report are as follows: to describe the 
      process of establishing a national laboratory information management system 
      (LIMS) program for clinical and public health laboratories in Vietnam; to 
      evaluate the outcomes and lessons learned; and to present a model for 
      sustainability based on the program outcomes that could be applied to diverse 
      laboratory programs. METHODS: This case report comprises a review of program 
      documentation and records, including planning and budgetary records of the donor, 
      monthly reports from the implementer, direct observation, and ad-hoc field 
      reports from technical advisors and governmental agencies. Additional data on 
      program efficacy and user acceptance were collected from routine monitoring of 
      laboratory policies and operational practices. RESULTS: LIMS software was 
      implemented at 38 hospital, public health and HIV testing laboratories in 
      Vietnam. This LIMS was accepted by users and program managers as a useful tool to 
      support laboratory processes. Implementation cost per laboratory and average 
      duration of deployment decreased over time, and project stakeholders initiated 
      transition of financing (from the donor to local institutions) and of system 
      maintenance functions (from the implementer to governmental and site-level 
      staff). Collaboration between the implementer in Vietnam and the global LIMS user 
      community was strongly established, and knowledge was successfully transferred to 
      staff within Vietnam. CONCLUSION: Implementing open-sourced LIMS with local 
      development and support was a feasible approach towards establishing a 
      sustainable laboratory informatics program that met the needs of health 
      laboratories in Vietnam. Further effort to institutionalize IT support capacity 
      within key government agencies is ongoing.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Landgraf, Kenneth M
AU  - Landgraf KM
AD  - The QED Group LLC, assigned to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
      Viet Nam. Electronic address: yci8@cdc.gov.
FAU - Kakkar, Reshma
AU  - Kakkar R
AD  - The Association of Public Health Laboratories, United States.
FAU - Meigs, Michelle
AU  - Meigs M
AD  - The Association of Public Health Laboratories, United States.
FAU - Jankauskas, Paul T
AU  - Jankauskas PT
AD  - The Association of Public Health Laboratories, United States.
FAU - Phan, Thi Thu Huong
AU  - Phan TT
AD  - The Vietnam Agency for HIV/Aids Control, Viet Nam.
FAU - Nguyen, Viet Nga
AU  - Nguyen VN
AD  - The Vietnam Agency for HIV/Aids Control, Viet Nam.
FAU - Nguyen, Duy Thai
AU  - Nguyen DT
AD  - VAAC-US.CDC Project, Viet Nam.
FAU - Duong, Thanh Tung
AU  - Duong TT
AD  - Ho Chi Minh City Aids Committee, Viet Nam.
FAU - Nguyen, Thi Hoa
AU  - Nguyen TH
AD  - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States.
FAU - Bond, Kyle B
AU  - Bond KB
AD  - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States.
LA  - eng
GR  - U2G GH001097/GH/CGH CDC HHS/United States
GR  - PEPFAR/PEPFAR/United States
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20160623
PL  - Ireland
TA  - Int J Med Inform
JT  - International journal of medical informatics
JID - 9711057
SB  - IM
MH  - Clinical Laboratory Information Systems/*standards
MH  - Data Collection/*standards
MH  - Government Agencies
MH  - Humans
MH  - Laboratories/*standards
MH  - Ownership
MH  - Program Evaluation
MH  - Quality Assurance, Health Care
MH  - Research Design
MH  - *Software
MH  - Vietnam
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Development
OT  - FLOSS
OT  - Health
OT  - Information systems
OT  - LIMS
OT  - LIS
OT  - Laboratory
OT  - Medical informatics
OT  - OSS
OT  - Open source
OT  - PEPFAR
OT  - Resource-constrained
OT  - Sustainability
EDAT- 2016/07/21 06:00
MHDA- 2017/11/29 06:00
CRDT- 2016/07/21 06:00
PHST- 2016/02/02 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2016/06/17 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2016/06/18 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/07/21 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/07/21 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2017/11/29 06:00 [medline]
AID - S1386-5056(16)30139-3 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2016.06.010 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Med Inform. 2016 Sep;93:92-102. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2016.06.010. Epub 
      2016 Jun 23.