Bنrnighausen, Till | 2011
- Author(s): Bنrnighausen, Till
- Publisher: Elsevier
- Pages: 942--951
- Keywords: aids, mobile telecommunication services, health education, africa south of sahara
The success of potent antiretroviral treatment for HIV infection is primarily determined by adherence. The authors systematically review the evidence of effectiveness of interventions to increase adherence to antiretroviral treatment in sub-Saharan Africa, including SMS messages (abstract).
Callan, Paul | 2011
- Author(s): Callan, Paul
- Publisher: iheed institute
- Pages: --
- Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, health education, health personnel, rural health, developing countries
“mHealthEd” is the name for an emerging new set of applications of mobile devices to the training, testing, support and supervision of healthcare workers, as well as those providing health information to individuals. The report discusses the potential and limitations of these approaches.
Car, J. | 2012
- Author(s): Car, J.
- Publisher: Wiley
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health care delivery, health services, mobile telecommunication services, therapeutics, africa
Failure to attend healthcare appointments has a significant impact not only on the health of the patients but also on health system costs. This review studied whether sending patients appointment reminders using mobile phone text and multimedia messaging (SMS and MMS) could improve attendance.
Carvalho, Alexandre de and Klarsfeld, Lucie and Lepicard, François and Carozza, Alessandra | [2012]
- Author(s): Carvalho, Alexandre de and Klarsfeld, Lucie and Lepicard, François and Carozza, Alessandra
- Publisher: Hystra
- Pages: --
- Keywords: information technology, communication technology, mobile telecommunication services, entrepreneurship, education, health services, agriculture, finance, sustainable development
Presented are case studies, showing promising business models allowing the sustainable development of ICT-based services for the poorest. AFD-Proparco, Ericsson, France Telecom-Orange, ICCO and TNO foster both entrepreneurship and collaboration to support the development of these services.
Castagnetto, Jesus | 2008
- Author(s): Castagnetto, Jesus
- Publisher: American medical informatics association (AMIA)]
- Pages: --
- Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, health personnel, health services, peru
This case study looks at the rapid growth rate of mobile telephony in Peru and the opportunity for the deployment of mobile health applications, not only for health care workers but also for the general public.