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mHealth for Health Information Systems in Low- and Middle-Income Countries – Challenges and Opportunities in Data Quality, Privacy and Security

One of the six building blocks for strong national health systems is the use of health information systems, according to the World Health Organization. As social service workers in low- and middle-income countries seek new ways to improve health-related information and communication technologies to improve availability and accessibility of patient data while working in the field, there are emerging best practices and challenges in doing so.

Author(s): 
Sam Wambugu, Christina Villella, MEASURE Evaluation
Year of Publication: 
2016
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Resource Type: 
Gray literature
Language: 
English
Section: 
Resource Database