Shet, Anita and De Costa, Ayesha | 2011
- Author(s): Shet, Anita and De Costa, Ayesha
- Publisher: Blackwell
- Pages: 214--216
- Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, aids, health information, disease control, india
A major challenge in HIV healthcare is sustaining good adherence to antiretroviral treatment. This report focuses on applications of mobile phones in the area of HIV healthcare delivery as mobile phones are widespread in those areas of the world with a heavy burden of HIV and infectious diseases.
Shozi, Nobubele Angel and Pottas, Dalenca and Mostert-Phipps, Nicky | 2012
- Author(s): Shozi, Nobubele Angel and Pottas, Dalenca and Mostert-Phipps, Nicky
- Publisher: SpringerLink
- Pages: 135--145
- Keywords: health information, health personnel, mobile telecommunication services, health care delivery, data collection
This paper identifies and discusses the social, environmental and technical factors that affect community health care workers while they are using mobile phones to capture patient data in the home community based care environment in developing countries. (Abstract only)
Shuler, Jonathan and Zeiger, Roni and Hallinan, Perry | 2010
- Author(s): Shuler, Jonathan and Zeiger, Roni and Hallinan, Perry
- Publisher: Ushahidi
- Pages: --
- Keywords: emergency medical services, information technology, mobile telecommunication services, health services, haiti
A video on relief efforts of a group of organizations, incl. FrontlineSMS, Ushahidi, InSTEDD, Crowdflower and Google after the earthquake in Haiti. This included set-up of a SMS short code to aggregate and map current health needs, and an online resource finder for more effective patient transfers.
Siedner, Mark J. | 2012
- Author(s): Siedner, Mark J.
- Publisher: Public library of science] (PLoS)
- Pages: --
- Keywords: health care delivery, mobile telecommunication services, communication technology, africa south of sahara
Mobile health (mHealth) technologies hold incredible promise to improve healthcare delivery in resource-limited settings. However, network reliability across large catchment areas can be a major challenge. Researched is the effect of addition of SMS to standard GPRS cellular network connectivity.
Singh, P. | cop. 2012
- Author(s): Singh, P.
- Publisher: Elsevier
- Pages: 194--200
- Keywords: public health, health services, mobile telecommunication services, health personnel, health education, rural areas, nicaragua
In Nicaragua, access to professional health care is limited. Minimally trained community health workers (CHWs) and understaffed clinical outposts serve rural communities. The goal is better training of CHWs, using cellular short messages (SMS) to transmit basic health information. (Abstract only)