Global health delivery 2.0: Using open-access technologies for transparency and operations research

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Maru, Duncan Smith Rohrberg ^a,b,c   Sharma, Aditya ^a,d   Andrews, Jason ^a,b   Basu, Sanjay ^a,e,f   Thapa, Jhapat ^a   Oza, Shefali ^a   Bashyal, Chhitij ^a   Acharya, Bibhav ^a,g   Schwarz, Ryan ^a,g  

^a Bayalpata Hospital   (Nepal)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Training in Early Abortion for Comprehensive Healthcare   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFIDENTIALITY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; INTERNET; MEDICAL RECORD; NEPAL; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT INFORMATION; POLITICS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; BUDGET; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY;

DRUG;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; BUDGETS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 74049124293     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000158     Document Type: Review

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