Impacts of e-health on the outcomes of care in low- and middle-income countries: Where do we go from here?;Impacts de la télésanté sur les résultats sanitaires dans les pays à revenu faible et moyen: Quelle direction prendre?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 365-372

  Piette, John D ^a   Lun, K C ^b   Moura, Lincoln A ^c   Fraser, Hamish S F ^d   Mechael, Patricia N ^e   Powellf, John ^f   Khoja, Shariq R ^g  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Assis Moura eHealth   (Brazil)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Center for International Forestry Research   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^g AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; E HEALTH SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELF CARE; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84860448069     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.11.099069     Document Type: Article

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