The GPS transmitters were installed in all the ambulances under the responsibility of the District Health Offices.
The signal from each ambulance produce a trace which is recorded and visible to an operator dedicated to this task.
The records from the transmitter are received by a tracking system and displayed on a dashboard for monitoring
The operator has the mobile contacts of all the DHO in the Region and can communicate with them in case there are un normalies in the operations of the ambulance.
The application allows the real-time tracking of vehicles and generates reports and alerts on the use of public ambulances in West Nile and Rwenzori. Good practices and results are determined by a set of performance indicators defined by the Ministry of Health and district-level partners. Below are the components of the application.
Medical staff and those in charge of dispatching ambulances can know the exact position of the vehicle, at all times.
Alerts are generated when an ambulance is misused. The alert allows for immediate action by observers.
Stationary for 24hrs alert : This alert is registered when an ambulance is stationary anywhere for 24 hours
Stationary for 3hrs alert : Alert registered when an ambulance is stationary for 3 hours outside of the hospital or district health office
Ambulance tracking device is offline : Alert registered when the ambulance stops communicating with the GPS server
Wrong route alert : Registered when the ambulance goes in a direction contrary to where it should be going
Ambulance moving at a speed more than 100km/hr
The software generates reports on the use of ambulance for any time frame, as selected by the end-user. In the evaluation option, various statistics can be calculated:
The privacy issues are addressed through the privacy and data protection principles set out by UN Global Pulse. These principles are designed to ensure that the data analysed is handled with the utmost protection of the interests of the individuals involved.
A project involving analysis of medical data naturally requires high levels of privacy considerations and protection and Pulse Lab Kampala takes extra measures to protect the people behind the data and applies strict privacy principles to ensure that individuals are not exposed in a way that is to their disadvantage.
Pulse Lab Kampala is the third lab of the United Nations Global Pulse network under the leadership of the UN Resident Coordinator. It supports the UN Country Team and the Government of Uganda to achieve the Global Goals for sustainable development. As a regional hub, it leverages data innovation, new sources of digital 'Big Data' and real-time analysis techniques.
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