Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Closing date: 22 Jun 2018
The MSF Evaluation Unit in Stockholm would like to hear from interested parties for an upcoming Evaluation of the introduction of Electronic Medical Record in Kabinda Hospital in Kinshasa, DRC. The evaluation is planned to last for 25 workdays, including a 10-day field research period to be scheduled during the first half of September 2018.
BACKGROUND
MSF Field missions (Haiti, Afghanistan, DRC…) have expressed a need for an electronic solution to help them with treatment path and patient follow-up. Concerns were stated about the ability for the field to continue providing quality care while facing the growth and complexity of their activities. While this causes more acute issues in larger facilities, smaller projects too have expressed their interest in a system to streamline their medical operations through the digitalization of patient file.
In response, a project was created to introduce electronic medical records (EMR) in a wide variety of MSF projects, starting with 2 pilot projects including Kabinda Hospital (Centre Hospitalier Kabinda - CHK), which is part of the HIV Project in Kinshasa and includes an IPD for acute patients and an OPD for the follow-up of patients with high viral loads.
PURPOSE and SCOPE
The EMR is currently being implemented in Kinshasa as a pilot project through 4 different phases from December 2017 to July 2018. Findings of the evaluation should focus on implementation and recommendations on potential adjustments, in particular towards a second pilot in Egypt and rollout in larger MSF hospitals planned for 2019.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
Assess the relevance, appropriateness, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and replicability of the EMR pilot project.
How to apply:
PROFILE /REQUIREMENTS for the EVALUATOR
· One evaluator available during 25 days between July and October 2018, including 10 days for field visit in DRC during the first half of September 2018
- Experience on Implementing and/or Evaluating Data Recording and Data Management Initiatives in similar settings
- Demonstrable evaluation skills/competencies
- Public Health Expertise, with programmatic and preferably clinical experience in HIV an asset
- English and French Speaker
Interested parties should submit their detailed CV and proposals explaining how they meet the requirements and providing examples of previous work no later than June 22nd, 2018.
Applications should include daily rates as well as maximum 3 professional references
Proposals, enquiries about the selection process or requests for additional information should be sent to yann.libessart@msf.org