Labtracker Project
Jared Meshekow founded GAIA at Boston University in 2005. He currently enrolled in Boston University’s B.S. / M.P.H program concentrating in Human Physiology and Epidemiology. He has been involved with GAIA, the Providence chapter, since 2002. In the summer of 2004, with six donated laptops and an initial subscription to the LabTracker® Software system, Jared traveled to Mali take part in a pilot program to test the utilization of LabTracker, a unique program which allows for the tracking of HIV-positive patients, medication usage, lab-results, and other relevant medical data. This application is extremely effective, providing a preliminary basis in which large amounts of clinical information can be isolated and analyzed. Currently, He is in Mali implementing the continued distribution of the LabTracker® Software. His responsibilities consist of training clinicians to use LabTracker to maximize the electronic patient record system, translating the LabTracker system to French, and working in conjunction with GeekCore to set up an improved medical data info-structure within the city of Bamako and beyond. With a functional Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system in Mali, clinicians will be able to provide superior healthcare to patients. The LabTracker system will function as the keystone in the construction of a national wide electronic medical record system, a necessity in providing the best healthcare possible.
Jared Meshekow
Boston University