mHealth in Low-Resource Settings

Personal digital assistants to collect tuberculosis bacteriology data in Peru reduce delays, errors, and workload, and are acceptable to users : cluster randomized controlled trial

Blaya, Joaquيn A. | 2009
  • Author(s): Blaya, Joaquيn A.
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • Pages: 410--418
  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, disease control, data collection, tuberculosis, peru
An evaluation of the effectiveness of a personal digital assistant (PDA)-based system for collecting tuberculosis test results, and a comparison to the previous paper-based system. Evaluation criteria were processing times, frequency of errors, and number of work-hours expended by data collectors.

Cost and implementation analysis of a personal digital assistant system for laboratory data collection

Blaya, Joaquيn A. | 2008
  • Author(s): Blaya, Joaquيn A.
  • Publisher: International union against tuberculosis and lung disease (IUATLD)
  • Pages: 921--927
  • Keywords: information technology, communication technology, data collection, data processing, information systems, tuberculosis, health information, peru
The authors analyze cost and implementation of a PDA-based system for TB laboratory data collection. It looks at the data collection efficiency of different systems and the resources required to develop, implement and transfer the PDA-based system to a resource-poor setting.

Development, implementation and preliminary study of a PDA-based bacteriology collection system : proceedings

Blaya, Joaquin and Fraser, Hamish S.F. | 2006
  • Author(s): Blaya, Joaquin and Fraser, Hamish S.F.
  • Publisher: American medical informatics association] (AMIA)
  • Pages: 41--45
  • Keywords: information technology, communication technology, data collection, data processing, information systems, health information, tuberculosis, peru
The paper describes the development and implementation of a personal digital assistant (PDA)-based electronic system to collect, verify and upload monthly bacteriology data of TB-patients into an electronic medical record system in Peru.

The potential of mobile technologies to positively impact access to essential medicines in low and medium income countries

Bloch, Alison | [2010]
  • Author(s): Bloch, Alison
  • Publisher: mHealth alliance
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, essential drugs, developing countries
Poor access to, and use of, essential medicines is one critical aspect of the health disparity between high and low to medium income countries. This report investigates the role that mobile technologies can play in enabling and improving access to critical medicines.

Alison Bloch, m-health advisor at GSM association, talks about m-health alliance, mobile, & SoCap09

Bloch, Alison | 2009
  • Author(s): Bloch, Alison
  • Publisher: EnvisionGood
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: mobile telecommunication services, health services, developing countries
Alison Bloch, mHealth Advisor at GSM Association and mHealth Alliance steering committee member, talks about how mobile technology is being used by health providers in emerging markets to improve the lives of poor people and what the mHealth Alliance wants to achieve.
 

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This website aims to offer an up-to-date source of information and a platform for sharing knowledge on the current use, potentional and limitation of mHealth in low-resource settings.