Title :
TATF: Test and Treat Follow-up system of HIV carriers in Thailand
Author :
Somyanonthanakul, Rachasak ; Plodgratoke, Prapaipan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Med. Inf., Rangsit Univ., Pathumthani, Thailand
Abstract :
The World Health Organization (WHO) launched universal strategy in HIV prevention in 2012 called “Test & treat HIV prevention”. (TATF) Test and Treat Follow-up is proposed to be a follow-up platform to support the follow-up of HIV carriers by integrating information technology approaches in fields of database, communication, and mobile application. TATF consists of three main modules: 1) The clinical module; 2) The laboratory module; and 3) The follow-up module that transfer data with each other on computer network. The Clinical module is a front office to collect a client data and medical record form registration process. The risk assessment data is fed into database by consulting process. The Laboratory module is scientific machine section to perform testing Anti-body HIV and CD4 testing with international standard to complete medical data. Follow-up module is a back office to contract to all HIV carriers using mobile technology under privacy policy. It is important to take standardize follow-up HIV carriers by using information technology platform. The TATF is intended to implement all HIV carriers in order to reduce new HIV infection and get into prompt medical treatment.
Keywords :
cellular biophysics; database management systems; medical information systems; microorganisms; mobile handsets; patient treatment; risk management; CD4 testing; HIV carriers; HIV infection; World Health Organization; antibody HIV testing; client data; clinical module; communication application; computer data; computer network; database application; follow-up HIV carriers; medical record; medical treatment; mobile application; mobile technology; registration process; risk assessment data; scientific machine section; test-&-treat HIV prevention; test-and-treat follow-up system; transfer data; Blood; Human immunodeficiency virus; Medical treatment; Mobile communication; Mobile handsets; Testing; HIV; Thailand; follow-up system; medical informatics;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical Engineering/Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications and Information Technology (ECTI-CON), 2015 12th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hua Hin
DOI :
10.1109/ECTICon.2015.7207121