TRACnet's absorption into the Rwandan HIV/AIDS response

International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 430-445

  Svoronos, Theodore ^a   Jillson, Irene Anne ^b   Nsabimana, Marns Martin ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (Rwanda)

Author keywords

Absorption; Africa; Health systems; Healthcare management information systems; HIV AIDS; HMIS; Informatics; Mobile phones; Monitoring systems; Rural healthcare; Rwanda; Technology transfer; TRACnet

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACCURACY; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MOBILE PHONE; ONLINE MONITORING; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STAFF TRAINING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 52149084420     PISSN: 13682156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJHTM.2008.020197     Document Type: Article

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