Implementation of m-health applications in Botswana: Telemedicine and education on mobile devices in a low resource setting

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 120-125

  Littman Quinn, Ryan ^a   Mibenge, Chikoti ^a   Antwi, Cynthia ^a   Chandra, Amit ^b   Kovarik, Carrie L ^c  

^a BOTSWANA UPENN PARTNERSHIP   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; EDUCATION; EQUIPMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOBILE PHONE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; TELEMEDICINE;

BOTSWANA; CELLULAR PHONE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84880423912     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357633X12474746     Document Type: Article

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