Mobile phone-based clinical guidance for rural health providers in India

Health Informatics Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 253-266

  Gautham, Meenakshi ^a   Iyengar, M Sriram ^b   Johnson, Craig W ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical decision making; decision support systems; health care service innovation and information technology; mobile health; primary care

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PROCEDURES; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARDS; TELEMEDICINE; UTILIZATION;

CELL PHONES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84946734186     PISSN: 14604582     EISSN: 17412811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1460458214523153     Document Type: Article

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