Going mobile: How mobile personal health records can improve health care during emergencies

JMIR mHealth and uHealth

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Bouri, Nidhi ^a   Ravi, Sanjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic health record; Mobile health; Personal health record; Public health emergency

Indexed keywords

EID: 85099680798     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22915222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.3017     Document Type: Review

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