Health Informatics

Integrated data-driven decisionmaking

Futures Group
One Thomas Circle, NW Suite 200
Washington, DC 20005 U.S.A.
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Futures Group Europe, Ltd.
2nd Floor Turnberry House
100 Bunhill Row
London, EC1Y 8ND U.K.
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Futures Group India, Pvt., Ltd.
DLF Building No. 10-B, 5th Floor
DLF Cyber City, Phase-II
Gurgaon - 122002 (Haryana) India
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Record of Results:
IQSolutions is used in more than 630 hospital sites and facilities in 11 countries.
Futures Group conducted more than 850 strategic information trainings for data
managers in four different languages: English, Kiswahili, French and Kinyarwanda.
IQCare is an open-source, free electronic medical record system, operational in more
than 80 hospital facilities in Uganda, Nigeria and Kenya, plus 15 partner hospital sites.
At the patient level, IQCare is managing over 4 million data transactions, 1.4 million
follow-up visit transactions, and 741,000 lab visits transactions in Kenya.
In Kenya, IQCare is managing more than 118,000 patients.
Futures Group helps healthcare providers worldwide collect and use data for improved health outcomes.
We provide a set of highly congurable tools with comprehensive reporting capability to clinics and hospitals
in resource-poor countries.
IQSolutions is a robust set of patient management and monitoring systems and data reporting tools. They
enable adaptive patient management, high-quality healthcare, and clinical sustainability. Futures Group
designed these tools for use in countries with under-developed infrastructure,
including rural areas with intermittent electricity. They do not require Internet access.
Each healthcare site has different clinical processes and reporting needs. Our IQSolutions informatics
software applications can be congured to meet specic needs and they help staff effectively provide and
improve patient care. These data tools are available as open source software (using a Creative Commons
license). In return, our expectation is that organizations will use and enhance these products and share their
software enhancements with others.
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IQCare is a robust, comprehensive data capture and
reporting system with management tools designed
to measure patient outcomes. IQCare helps clinics
collect and use data on patient care and presents
their status over time. It provides easy, exible
reporting, leading to enhanced data use and analy-
sis. It is currently in use at more than 75 hospitals in
Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda.
IQCare offers a exible form builder, program
management costing analysis, and a stock
management module. It can be congured for
paperless data entry, and many decision support
features are built into the system. HL7, ICD10, and
LOINC interoperability standards are part of the
base system.
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IQTools is a highly congurable reporting tool that
links to any electronic system and enhances the
reporting capabilities and data analysis of any
hospital system. It facilitates data validation and
automated reporting at the facility and central
levels, and across multiple databases.
IQMergecombines de-identied datasets to
make data analysis and comparison more
efcient. Users can look at emerging trends
across all health facilities within a country or
region, with simple and intuitive interfaces,
error reporting, and the ability to merge
information with other electronic systems.
Since 1971, Futures Group has developed and delivered innovative, locally relevant, evidence-based solutions to improve the health and
well-being of people around the world. For more information, please contact Bobby J efferson at bjefferson@futuresgroup.com.
Intel and Futures:
A Unique Partnership
Futures i s collaborati ng with Intel to
develop a mobile heal th architecture
that w ill run on mobi le phones,
touch screen tablets, and netbooks.
This tool w il l generate tremendous
saving for donors and provi de proven
products that can be scaled up in
country regardl ess of mobil e phone
or computer devi ce.
IQSolutions Success
In Nyamasheke, Rwanda, Kibogora Hospital serves nearly 700 patients on HIV treatment. It has seen
improved health outcomes since introducing IQChart.
Before, we faced a big problem identifying patients who were missing appointments. Now at any
moment, we can nd out, said Jean Claude Nishimwe, a community outreach support ofcer. We
found that many people were very far from the hospital. We also learned that some patients didnt
understand why it is important for them to follow the treatment regimen.
Based on open source technologies, Futures informatics solutions are scalable, modular, easily
customizable, and uniquely engineered for the developing world with minimal infrastructure and
training requirements.
IQChart is a multi-language patient
management information system based
on the World Health Organization patient
registers. It collects critical information
and longitudinal data from Ministry and
clinic records, then automatically generates
essential information for care, analysis,
or donor reporting. Used in more than 120
clinics in Rwanda and Guyana, it is a simple,
efcient patient monitoring and reporting
tool for low-capacity sites.
IQGeo links data from local partner
treatment facilities to geographical
information, mapping patient communities
and health center locations. It maps
catchment areas, planned expansion of health
services, and more.
IQSMS is a mobile health data collection tool
that helps communities and clinical staff
gather and report information in rural areas
with low resources. Data is easily entered
on any brand of mobile phone using easy
user prompts. Data is then sent to a central
database for aggregation and analysis. The
central server performs a quality check to
ensure completeness and accuracy of the
data and alerts the user if there is a problem.
IQSMS can be congured to collect any kind
of information with specic data validation
checks.
Futures Group Health Informatics Products: utilizing innovative and unique approaches that inte-
grate health informatics, data demand and information use, and mHealth with traditional solutions.