Title:
Health informatics for development : a three-pronged strategy of partnerships, standards, and mobile health : contribution of the IMIA working group on health informatics for development
Authors:
Marcelo, Alvin and Adejumo, A. and Luna, D.
Place:
Sydney
Publisher:
University of New South Wales. Australian school of business (ASB). Information systems, technology and management. Asia-Pacific ubiquitous healthcare research centre (APuHC)
Year:
2011
Journal:
Yearbook of medical informatics
Volume:
vol. 6, no. 1
PAGE:
96--101
Subject:
mHealth in Low-Resource Settings
Keywords:
information technology, mobile telecommunication services, developing countries, health services
Abstract:
The article describes the issues surrounding health informatics in developing countries and the challenges faced by practitioners in building internal capacity. The authors propose cost-effective strategies that can fast track health informatics development in these low to medium income countries.
URL:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21938332
Document type:
E-article