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
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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.