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An Electronic Medical Record (EMR) is defined as a computerized  medical record created in an organization that delivers care, such as a hospital and doctor's surgery - (in wikipedia) . EMR systems, information systems used in health facilities to manage EMRs have remained a popular topic of discussion among Kenya's eHealth initiative's over the last five years.   A knowledge-based economy A nation wide adoption of EMR systems in Kenya promises to increase effectiveness of the national health care system from policy making, to financing,  and to service  delivery at health facilities. This is by strengthening the practice of knowledge management in health care. Among other things, it would support evidence-informed decision making at the various service delivery levels of the national health system.   A health care system in Kenya with efficient knowledge management and decision making will not only create a healthier and more economically productive Na...

Tweet  triggered In the afternoon of 23rd October 2010 I posted this micro-post (tweet): “ Thinking telcos' price competition for voice market is contributing silently to Kenya's knowledge economy ” As usual I got a couple of reactions. The reactions set off my intentions to say more and justify my thoughts - as it were, in this article, outside twitter’s confinement of 140 characters. A knowledge based economy can be viewed from Peter Drucker’s work in the 90s as “ an economy based on intangible goods and intellectual capital as the economic driver ”. To also quote Vern McCorkle the late publisher of Alaska Business Monthly magazine, “ In our traditional capitalist economy, a knowledge-based economy stands in sharp contrast to long-established economic theory because it relies upon innovation and intellectual capital rather than hard goods to generate economic value. ” Perhaps in the tweet I should have used the phrase knowledge-based economy as opposed to knowledge ec...

This Mashujaa Day was a lazy one for me - some kind of forced day of rest to nurse a sore throat I had. On this day I got a coveted opportunity to form part of some 60pax audience at the iHubNairobi listening in to reflections from Mr. Michael Joseph. Michael or MJ as we call him is the out going CEO of Safaricom LTD - East Africa’s largest firm by corporate earnings. It was a lazy day so I really did not want to tweet through the session. Nevertheless I yielded to the temptation - as usual, and had some 32 tweets with the hash tag #mjreflections . I was seated next to @UjenziBora who shared his intentions to blog his own tweet stream from the event. I liked the idea so here is my over-elaborated execution of the copied idea. I shall simply try and give my underlying thoughts on my ‘live-session’ tweets. I shall also number them so that when you get tired, you could go and come back to resume where you will have left. (tweet) Peculiar site to see MJ of Safaricom in blue jeans...