A text message - Based intervention to bridge the healthcare communication gap in the rural developing world

Technology and Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-144

  Mahmud, Nadim ^a,b   Rodriguez, Joce ^b,c   Nesbit, Josh ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FrontlineSMS: Medic   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

brain drain; cell phones; communication barriers; community health workers (CHWs); FrontlineSMS; HIV; hospital efficiency; Malawi; Mobile health (mHealth); patient adherence monitoring; SMS; St. Gabriel's; text messaging; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ARTICLE; COST; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALAWI; MOBILE PHONE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TELEMEDICINE; TIME;

APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CELLULAR PHONE; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MALAWI; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 77954603723     PISSN: 09287329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/THC-2010-0576     Document Type: Article

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