Information technology for health in developing countries

Chest

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1624-1630

  Bukachi, Frederick ^a,b   Pakenham Walsh, Neil ^a  

^a Global Healthcare Information Network   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Health information; Information technology; Internet; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEMEDICINE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 36349019657     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-1760     Document Type: Article

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