Millennium Global Village-Net: Bringing together Millennium Villages throughout sub-Saharan Africa

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 802-807

  Kanter, Andrew S ^a,b,c   Negin, Joel ^b   Olayo, Bernard ^b   Bukachi, Frederick ^a,b   Johnson, Edward ^a,c   Sachs, Sonia Ehrlich ^b  

^a Paradigm Inc   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic medical records; Medical terminology; Millennium Development Goals; Open source software (OpenMRS); Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGIES; MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; PRIMARY HEALTHCARE;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION USE; MEDICAL COMPUTING; OPEN SYSTEMS; TERMINOLOGY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMPOWERMENT; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HUMANS; POVERTY;

EID: 71549145984     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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