Applying a framework for assessing the health system challenges to scaling up mHealth in South Africa

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Leon, Natalie ^a   Schneider, Helen ^b   Daviaud, Emmanuelle ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Community based health services; Health systems framework; MHealth; Mobile phone technology; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MOBILE PHONE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTH AFRICA;

CELLULAR PHONE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTH AFRICA;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84868245115     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-12-123     Document Type: Article

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