Decreasing workload among community health workers using interactive, structured, rich-media guidelines on smartphones

Technology and Health Care

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 113-123

  Iyengar, M Sriram ^a   Florez Arango, Jose F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

clinical practice guidelines; community health workers; mHealth; Mobile health; persuasive technology; rich media

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WORKLOAD;

CELLULAR PHONE; COLOMBIA; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIKINS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877857571     PISSN: 09287329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/THC-130713     Document Type: Article

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