منابع مشابه
Engaging patients via mobile phone technology to assist follow-up after hospitalization in Quito, Ecuador.
OBJECTIVE Disease management following hospital discharge is difficult in most low-resourced areas, posing a major obstacle to health equity. Although mobile phones are a ubiquitous and promising technology to facilitate healthcare access, few studies have tested the acceptability and feasibility of patients themselves using the devices for assisting linkages to healthcare services. We hypothes...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Computer Applications
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0975-8887
DOI: 10.5120/13921-1822