Reliability of a telemedicine system designed for rural Kenya

Journal of Primary Care and Community Health

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 177-181

  Qin, Rosie ^a   Dzombak, Rachel ^a   Amin, Roma ^a   Mehta, Khanjan ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health; Health promotion; Prevention; Primary care; Program evaluation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; KENYA; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCIBILITY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TELEMEDICINE; TIME; TRAVEL; VITAL SIGN;

COMMUNITY HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; PREVENTION; PRIMARY CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; KENYA; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTORS; TRAVEL; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 84893899702     PISSN: 21501319     EISSN: 21501327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2150131912461797     Document Type: Article

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