Piloting began in January for a new electronic, tablet-based patient data management and recording system in the Ebola treatment centres run by MSF in Sierra Leone. initial trials aimed at replacing the inefficient paper based system of recording patient data as they progress through the treatment centre were so successful that Doctors and medical support staff are keen to adapt the electronic system into their primary working practices. The Android-based tablet software has been developed by MSF in association with Google and a group of technology volunteers in London and is expected to be the foundation for an electronic clinical management platform that can be used in many situations worldwide where avoiding contagion caused by passing paperwork between high risk areas of a health facility. Realtime data collection and visualization to enable better clinical decision-making is the first priority, and collecting epidemiological data for a better understanding of diseases follows closely behind.