Title: Applying a framework for assessing the health system challenges to scaling up mHealth in South Africa

Authors: Leon, Natalie and Schneider, Helen and Daviaud, Emmanuelle

Place: [London]

Publisher: BioMed central

Year: 2012

Journal: BMC medical informatics and decision making

Volume: vol. 12, no. 123

PAGE: --

Subject: mHealth in Low-Resource Settings

Keywords: health services, mobile telecommunication services, community participation, communication technology, public health, health policy, south africa

Abstract: Using the case of community-based health services (CBS) in South Africa and based on local experience, a framework is applied to appraise the challenges to effective implementation of mHealth at scale in health systems useful for policy and practice decision-making in low and middle-income settings.

URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1472-6947-12-123.pdf

Document type: E-article