Needs Assessment
Who is the target population?
Nurses in rural (possibly some urban as well) areas of Zambia that do cervical cancer screening.
Doctors reviewing the images. Doctors in the US might be recruited to help out to improve turn-around time for decision support.
There is a possibility that health care workers will be recruited once the project is scaled nationally.
Number of doctors, nurses +/- HCW's unknown
What demographic data do we need?
Usual demographics (age, sex, work location)
For nurses, RN or LPN?
Highest educational level of HCW
Are they salaried or volunteers?
Are they part-time or full-time?
What infrastructure (physical and human) information would help you design your project/product?
What areas are we trying to cover?
Coverage of MMS and GPRS/CDMA. Which carrier to use?
Where will the server be? Hospital or CIDRZ headquarters? Do they already host server there?
Internet connectivity between carrier and server
Are there technical people to provide support to the users and to do server maintenance?
Power availability
Current workflow of doctors, nurses, health care workers
What beliefs, opinions, and practices would affect utilization of your project/product?
Privacy concerns
Comfort with technology (nurses +/- HCWs -> cameras, doctors -> computers)
Relationship between nurses and doctors, including level of trust. Are there issues that need addressing? Success will be influenced by
degree of teamwork.
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