Just this past week, Christina Majeed, our VP of Business Development, New Products & Technologies returned from a medical mission trip in Nepal. Our clients at the London Vision Clinic brought the Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology to our attention a few months back. Intrigued by the work that LVC did in conjunction with the Himalayan Cataract Project and the cureblindness.org team, we decided to donate an ophthalmology specific NexTech EMR system to the clinic.
Located in Kathmandu, Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology is the clinic run by the Nepal Eye Program which is a community based, non-profit NGO. Beyond the treatment facility where patients are seen at TIO, there is also a rural outreach unit, an eye bank for cornea harvesting, and a manufacturing facility for intraocular lenses. TIO also conducts extensive research and has an MD training program for residents.
Above: Christina Majeed and Tim Archer (from LVC) with some of the TIO staff.
Below: Speakers and guests of honor for the Himalayan Cataract Project – cureblindness.org
Christina spent the week training the physicians and staff to use NexTech EMR, shadowing doctors and observing the clinic at work.
Below: Here are some TIO staff members using the NexTech scheduler
Below: Professor Dan Reinstein charting in NexTech and discussing a plan of care
Below: Christina observing the surgeons perform the first laser eye surgery at TIO
Below: NexTech EMR hard at work in the OR
Below: Another happy patient post surgery with Professor Dan Reinstein
For more pictures of the trip, check out our facebook page!