Using NFC-enabled mobile phones for public health in developing countries

Proceedings - 2009 1st International Workshop on Near Field Communication, NFC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 30-35

  Marcus, Adam ^a   Davidzon, Guido ^b   Law, Denise ^a   Verma, Namrata ^a   Fletcher, Rich ^a   Khan, Aamir ^c   Sarmenta, Luis ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Interactive Research Development   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA QUALITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY RESPONSE; MEDICAL FIELDS; MOBILE SERVICE; NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATIONS; PAKISTAN; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SYSTEM DESIGN;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 70449421552     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NFC.2009.25     Document Type: Conference Paper

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