SMSaúde: Design, development, and implementation of a remote/mobile patient management system to improve retention in care for HIV/aids and tuberculosis patients

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Nhavoto, José António ^a,b   Grönlund, Åke ^a   Chaquilla, Walter Ponce ^c  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^c ELIZABETH GLASER PEDIATRIC AIDS FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Design science research; Mobile health; Mozambique; Patient management; SMS system; Text messaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930018451     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.3854     Document Type: Article

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