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SENAMERICA CLINIC

SenAmerica Clinic’s main objective is to improve Senegal’s Healthcare system by leading innovation in quality and access of care.

Mission

•To improve access to quality of care for all Senegalese
•To lower health care costs
•To use technology like electronic health records, patients’ portal, telemedicine...
•More reliability on mid-level providers
•To decrease hospitalization, and emergency room visits
•To lower long-term mortality and morbidity rates
•To deliver active primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of diseases

Care delivery

•To develop and implement a primary care network in Africa under SenAmerica Clinic.
•To deliver high-quality care at an affordable cost.

Education

•To educate and train the next generation of primary care providers
•To promote collaboration among all healthcare providers
•To educate providers in the usage of innovative tools such as Electronic Health Records (EHR), telemedicine.

Research

•To research healthcare delivery
•To explore innovative ways to practice primary care
•To study the impact of Senegalese culture and beliefs on our health system

PILOT PROJECT

Train primary care providers, nurses and medical assistants in the concept of PCMH.

Start an EHR to maintain patient records and access.

Focus on five chronic conditions: diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, congestive heart failure and chronic kidney disease.

Creation of teams that focus on infectious disease and women's health

Focus on wellness visits for children and adults: Immunizations, mammogram, colonoscopy, pap smear.

Healthy habits: nutrition and exercise

Create guidelines for disease management and prevention.

Training all entities involved in the model of care, EHR, and Telemedicine

Patient engagement, patient, have to pay for the visit, educated on their right and responsibilities and are treated as partners.

Patient self-management

Patient Surveys/Focus Groups/feedback

Shared Decision Making

Home Monitoring of Chronic Conditions by home health nurses.

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