AFYA KAMILI MEDICAL CENTRE CASE STUDY
About Afya Kamili Medical Centre
Located in Birika town, along the Kiserian-Isinya Road, Afya Kamili Medical Centre serves a sparsely populated area where people live far away from the town. Due to the remote location of the area, the doctors at the facility conduct community outreach programs to reach more people in the interior and provide essential medical services such as ultrasound scans and other services. The facility offers various services including consultation, ante/postnatal care, family planning, minor surgeries and laboratory services.
The challenge
Dr. Daniel Alim and his team faced numerous limitations with their traditional ultrasound device at Afya Kamili Medical Centre. The big machine was cumbersome to carry, lacking in storage and sharing capabilities and unreliable in producing accurate diagnoses. Patients often had to be referred to Kiserian, a town 24 km away, for proper evaluation. In addition, Afya Kamili conducts regular community outreach programs where the bulky ultrasound could not be carried and continuous power input was not available. Sharing results with patients was also cumbersome, especially in the field.
To resolve these issues, the team sought a modern, portable, and rechargeable ultrasound that would better meet their needs and enhance patient diagnosis.
“Before we partnered with Ilara Health, we had the old big ultrasound machine which had its limitations. We weren’t able to carry it around during the community outreach program and it didn’t allow us to store and share results with our patients. We needed a portable and rechargeable ultrasound which would allow us to store and timely share results with our patients’’
Dr. Daniel Alim
Afya Kamili Medical Centre
The solution
In search of a more advanced ultrasound device, Dr. Alim came across the Butterfly iQ ultrasound device from Ilara Health and found that it was more efficient and easy to use. The flexible payment plans available allowed him to afford the device and pay for it on the go.
The Butterfly iQ ultrasound enabled Dr. Alim to conduct his community outreach programs with ease and share results with patients via WhatsApp.
‘’The portable Butterfly iQ ultrasound from Ilara health has enabled us to conduct our community outreach program with ease. We are now able to serve more patients and share results with them via Whatsapp if needed. The TeleGuidance feature has helped us to make accurate diagnoses with guidance from a professional sonographer’’
Dr. Daniel Alim, Afya Kamili Medical Centre
Using the Butterfly iQ ultrasound device, Afya Kamili Medical Centre saw a 10% increase in patient numbers. This was made possible by the fact that the facility no longer refers patients away. In fact, the facility now accepts referrals from several other locations.
Benefits and Results
- 10% increase in the number of patients
- Improved patient diagnosis and care
- Fewer referrals to other facilities
- Ease in conducting community outreach programs
Contact Ilara Health today for the Butterfly iQ and a variety of other devices.
