Open-source LIMS in Vietnam: The path toward sustainability and host country ownership

Highlights • Open-sourced LIMS were an effective and sustainable solution for health laboratories in Vietnam. • A tiered maintenance and support system enabled cost-effective scale-up. • Open-source community engagement contributed to software development and training. • Cost-sharing has supported a...

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Published inInternational journal of medical informatics (Shannon, Ireland) Vol. 93; pp. 92 - 102
Main Authors Landgraf, Kenneth M, Kakkar, Reshma, Meigs, Michelle, Jankauskas, Paul T, Huong, Phan Thi Thu, Nga, Nguyen Viet, Thai, Nguyen Duy, Tung, Duong Thanh, Hoa, Nguyen Thi, Bond, Kyle B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.09.2016
Subjects
Clinical Laboratory Information Systems - standards
Data Collection - standards
Development
FLOSS
Government Agencies
Health
Humans
Information systems
Internal Medicine
Laboratories - standards
Laboratory
Lentivirus
LIMS
LIS
Medical informatics
Open source
OSS
Other
Ownership
PEPFAR
Program Evaluation
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Research Design
Resource-constrained
Retroviridae
Software
Sustainability
Vietnam
LIMS
development
health
PEPFAR
Laboratory
sustainability
OSS
open source
resource-constrained
medical informatics
FLOSS
LIS
information systems
Health
Information systems
Sustainability
Development
Open source
Resource-constrained
Medical informatics
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Summary:Highlights • Open-sourced LIMS were an effective and sustainable solution for health laboratories in Vietnam. • A tiered maintenance and support system enabled cost-effective scale-up. • Open-source community engagement contributed to software development and training. • Cost-sharing has supported a sustainable financial transition
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Kyle Bond, former chief of the CDC-Vietnam laboratory branch, guided the LIMS program for six years and provided significant input into the development of the sustainability plan. Paul Jankauskas served as the CDC-Vietnam LIMS advisor for four years, facilitating the expansion of the LIMS program and working closely with Duong Thanh Tung and Nguyen Thi Hoa on the transition of costs in Ho Chi Minh City. Reshma Kakkar served as the first CDC-Vietnam LIMS Advisor and, with Michelle Meigs, supported this project from its inception with technical assistance and project management, and provided financial analysis data for the national program. Kenneth Landgraf, the current CDC-Vietnam LIMS advisor, conducted the literature review, drafted the manuscript and worked closely with colleagues at VAAC, Phan Thi Thu Huong, Nguyen Viet Nga, Nguyen Duy Thai to implement the sustainability strategies.
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ISSN:1386-5056
1872-8243
1872-8243
DOI:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2016.06.010