Affordable and accessible tele-healthcare to rural areas of Pakistan through web and mobile based technologies

6th International Symposium on High Capacity Optical Networks and Enabling Technologies, HONET '09

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 110-114

  Keyani, S ^a   Mumtaz, A ^a   Mushtaq, H ^a   Hussain, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY NUST   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Lady health worker; Rural health; Tele healthcare; Web mobile portal

Indexed keywords

HEALTHCARE SERVICES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; PAKISTAN; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION; RURAL AND REMOTE AREAS; RURAL HEALTH; TELE-HEALTHCARE; WEB/MOBILE PORTAL;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LITHIUM BATTERIES; OPTICAL MATERIALS; RURAL AREAS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77951070904     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HONET.2009.5423091     Document Type: Conference Paper

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