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Development of a conceptual framework for linking mHealth applications to eRecord systems in Botswana

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background The proliferation of mHealth solutions and eRecord systems is inevitable in developing countries, and ensuring their bi-directional interoperability is essential.
Kagiso Ndlovu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interoperability frameworks linking mHealth applications to electronic record systems

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background mHealth presents innovative approaches to enhance primary healthcare delivery in developing countries like Botswana. The impact of mHealth solutions can be improved if they are interoperable with eRecord systems such as electronic health ...
Kagiso Ndlovu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Applicability of the five case model to African eHealth investment decisions

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background eHealth programmes in African countries face fierce competition for scarce resources. Such initiatives should not proceed without adequate appraisal of their probable impacts, thereby acknowledging their opportunity costs and the need for ...
Sean C. Broomhead   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Compressed air massage: repeated treatment causes less muscle oedema than a single treatment

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Physiotherapy, 2007
Compressed air massage is a new treatment modality that has been shown to cause skeletal muscle capillary dilation for up to 24 hours after a single treatment and significantly hastens healing of diabetic ulcers.
M. A. Gregory, M. Mars
doaj   +1 more source

The Growth of Telehealth

open access: yesAJN, American Journal of Nursing, 2022
The pandemic's ‘silver lining.’
openaire   +3 more sources

Recent Directions in Telemedicine: Review of Trends in Research and Practice [PDF]

open access: yesHealthcare Informatics Research, 2015
ObjectivesHealthcare is now routinely delivered by telecommunications-based services in all developed countries and an increasing number of developing countries.
Laurence S. Wilson, Anthony J. Maeder
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing core, e-learning, clinical and technology readiness to integrate telemedicine at public health facilities in Uganda: a health facility – based survey

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2019
Background In developing countries like Uganda, there are shortages of health workers especially medical specialists. The referral process is frustrating to both patients and health workers (HWs).
Vincent Micheal Kiberu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A systematic review of tools cited in health information systems evaluations of developing and low to middle income countries

open access: yesDiscover Public Health
Background Evaluating HIS is an important process characterized by many steps. There are numerous frameworks, toolkits and models that can be used to enact an evaluation of HIS; these have been described and reviewed in previous literature.
Simon Philip R. Sacramento   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of Mortality in Atrial Fibrillation: Clinical Outcomes in Digital Electrocardiography (CODE) Study

open access: yesGlobal Heart, 2020
Aims: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a public health problem and its prevalence is increasing worldwide. Electronic cohorts, with large electrocardiogram (ECG) databases linked to mortality data, can be useful in determining prognostic value of ECG ...
Gabriela M. M. Paixão   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cumulative Social Disadvantage and Disease Activity in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry Study

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Social determinants of health (SDOH) contribute to juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) disparities, but most studies have assessed SDOH independently rather than cumulatively across individual, family, and neighborhood levels. Using a socioecological framework, we investigated the relationship among cumulative social disadvantage ...
William Daniel Soulsby   +448 more
wiley   +1 more source

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