Integrating Health Care Delivery and Data Collection in Rural India Using a Rapidly Deployable eHealth Center

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Agrawal, Anurag ^a   Bhattacharya, Jaijit ^b   Baranwal, Nishant ^c   Bhatla, Sushil ^b   Dube, Salil ^d   Sardana, Viren ^e   Gaur, Devender R ^d   Balazova, Danica ^b   Brahmachari, Samir K ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

^c OP Jindal Gramin Jan Kalyan Sansthan (OP Jindal Rural Welfare Society)   (India)

^d Maharaj Agrasen Medical College (MAMC)   (India)

^e CSIR CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LIFESTYLE; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL STAFF; PERFORMANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TELEMEDICINE;

DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; INDIA; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84879402611     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001468     Document Type: Article

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