Why do the CHW module?
Community Health Workers cover the most patients in the health care system. In India, 1 health provider for 2000 patients -- WHO recommends 1 health provider for 1000. USA has 1 for 300 patients. Rural India has 1 in 10,000 -- we need to ease this burden.
--scalability of CHW's is easy (barrier of entry for new CHworkers is low)
--currently everything through paper, moving to digital will reduce communication time
Goals of CHW module
1. Port J2ME app for MOTECH into javascript client in Sencha Touch
Current Architecture for MOTECH's CHW module:
<<J2ME>>Java phone app
<<MOTECH>>App service
<<X-form OpenMrs module>>Module added to OpenMrs
<<OpenMrs>>Back end database