02135nas a2200325   4500000000100000008004100001260000900042653002500051653003100076653003000107653002100137653001100158653001400169653001400183653003800197653001200235653002700247653002800274653003000302100001500332700001500347700001100362245017400373856004800547300000900595490000800604050001700612520116600629022001401795       2013                            d  c201310aCase-Control Studies10aContinuity of Patient Care10aElectronic Health Records10aEndemic Diseases10aHumans10aIncidence10aIndonesia10aInformation Storage and Retrieval10aleprosy10aModels, Organizational10aPopulation Surveillance10aPublic Health Informatics1 aRachmani E1 aKurniadi A1 aHsu CY00aHealth information system model for monitoring treatment and surveillance for leprosy patients in indonesia (case study in Pekalongan District, Central Java, Indonesia).  uhttp://ebooks.iospress.nl/publication/34312  a10960 v192  aRACHMANI20133 a<p>After India and Brazil, Indonesia has the third highest incidence/prevalence of leprosy in the world. Every year thousands of new cases and case with grade-2 disability are reported and, while the recovery rate lingers only 80-90 %. Therefore, more than 10 % of leprosy patients drop out of treatment and can be a source of new infections in the community. Our research was aimed at determining apparent difficulties in the leprosy control program as well as how a health information system (HIS) could assist the Indonesian leprosy control program. We used qualitative method with deep interview and observation of document. One of the difficulties which the Indonesian leprosy control program faces is discontinuity of patient's data due to rotating staff as well as the treatment monitoring and queries patients which should be monitored after treatment has ceased. Technology implementation is feasible through short message service (sms) reminders and web base applications. The leprosy control program urgently needs to implement continuous monitoring and recording of patients because of the particular characteristics of this contagious disease. </p>  a1879-8365