Title: mHealth revolutionizing public health : an economic study

Authors: Waidyanatha, Nuwan and Sampath, Chamindu and M., Ganesan

Place: New York, NY

Publisher: Social science research network (SSRN)

Year: 2010

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Subject: mHealth in Low-Resource Settings

Keywords: communicable diseases, disease prevention, disease control, mobile telecommunication services, evaluation, cost effectiveness, india, sri lanka

Abstract: The Real-Time Biosurveillance Program (RTBP) pilot introduced ICT to health departments in India and Sri Lanka to overcome latencies in disease and epidemic surveillance. The effectiveness and cost benefits of using mobile phone technology to gather, analyze and distribute data was evaluated.

URL: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1725165&http://www.delicious.com/Muscari/CvGd

Document type: E-article