Creating an enabling environment for mHealth

2007 ITI 5th International Conference on Information and Communications Technology, ICICT 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 251-255

  Mechael, Patricia N ^a,b  

^a Rutgers Center for Mobile Communication Studies and mHealth

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Low and middle income countries; mHealth; Mobile phones; Public health

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE WORKS; E-HEALTH; E-HEALTH SYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE RESOURCES; HEALTH CARE WORKERS; HEALTH OUTCOMES; HEALTH POLICIES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; KEY PROBLEMS; LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES; LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MHEALTH; MOBILE PHONES; PUBLIC HEALTH; TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS; WELLBEING;

HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 49749109174     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITICT.2007.4475657     Document Type: Conference Paper

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