Volume 1 - Issue 2, May - June 2026

High-quality digital clinical records are essential for continuity of care, patient follow-up, and program monitoring in hypertension services. The Simple App is used in primary care settings to record blood pressure, blood sugar, medicines, and follow-up details. This clinical audit assessed the completeness and accuracy of hypertension-related digital records in selected facilities under the Regional Director of Health Services, Colombo. A descriptive record-based clinical audit was conducted from August to October 2025 in seven health facilities. A total of 189 eligible hypertension records entered in the Simple App were reviewed using a standardized completeness and accuracy tool. Completeness was defined as the presence of required fields, while accuracy was assessed by comparing completed digital entries with corresponding paper-based clinic records. Overall completeness was 93.3% (2116/2268 fields), and overall accuracy among completed fields was 91.3% (1933/2116 fields). Completeness was highest for patient name and age (100.0% each), while lower completeness was observed for blood sugar (73.5%), patient history (84.7%), and contact number (87.3%). Accuracy was high for gender (98.9%), patient history (98.1%), blood pressure (97.3%), and blood sugar (96.4%), but lower for address (71.3%), patient name (83.6%), and health number (87.4%). The Simple App demonstrated generally strong digital documentation performance. However, selected demographic and follow-up-related fields require targeted quality improvement, regular feedback, and supportive supervision.

Piyumi Nethkala Edirisingher, Yasas Kosala Samarasinghe, Chathuri Udari Goonatillake, "Completeness and accuracy of Simple App digital hypertension records in Colombo, Sri Lanka" International Journal of Advance Research in Science, Management, Engineering and Technology, V1(2): Page(01-07) May-June 2026. ISSN: 3139-1141. www.ijarsmet.com. Published by Scientific and Academic Research Publishing.