Table 1.
Health information system feature | Cadres | Before the trial | Control arm | Intervention arm | |
Health worker: all | |||||
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Access to own records | FWAa, HAb, CHCPc, FWVd | ✓e | ✓ | ✓ |
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Access to all records in the system | CHCP, FWV |
|
|
✓ |
Health worker: community | |||||
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Digital client health records | FWA, HA |
|
✓ | ✓ |
|
Client identification (biometric and palm-based) and registration | FWA, HA |
|
✓ | ✓ |
|
Feedback dashboards | FWA, HA |
|
|
✓ |
Health worker: facility | |||||
|
Client identification (biometric and palm-based) and registration | CHCPf, FWV |
|
✓ | ✓ |
|
Digital client health records | CHCPf, FWV |
|
|
✓ |
|
Clinical decision support | CHCPf, FWV |
|
|
✓ |
|
Feedback dashboards | CHCPf, FWV |
|
|
✓ |
Health worker: all | |||||
|
Access to own records | FWA, HA, CHCP, FWV | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
|
Access to all records in the system | CHCP, FWV |
|
|
✓ |
Clients | |||||
|
Targeted Client Communication via SMS | Pregnant women |
|
|
✓ |
aFWA: family welfare assistant.
bHA: health assistant.
cCHCP: community health care provider.
dFWV: family welfare visitor.
eFeatures of the eRegistry with and without digital health intervention available in the intervention and control arms.
fCommunity health care providers use the District Health Information Software 2 system for separate aggregate reporting, not linked to the electronic registry.