The Mobile Phone as a Tool for Providing Primary Healthcare Feasibility Study for Deploying Mobile Technology

July 23, 2012
RESOURCE TYPE
Case Study
FILE TYPE
PDF
DATE ADDED
July 23, 2012
AUTHOR(S)
mHIMSS
This paper reports the results of a health IT initiative aimed at using mobile phone technology to spread medical care among people in slum areas. A survey was done in an urban slum setting to test the feasibility of deploying mobile technology for providing primary healthcare services. The design of the study was based on a “Regionalised Service Delivery Model.”

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