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Leveraging Digital Health for Global Chronic Diseases
Authors:
Martin C. Were ,
Institute of Biomedical Informatics, Moi University School of Medicine, Eldoret; Department of Medicine, Moi University School of Medicine, Eldoret, KE
Jemima H. Kamano,
Department of Medicine, Moi University School of Medicine, Eldoret; Academic Model Providing Access to HealthCare (AMPATH), Eldoret, KE
Rajesh Vedanthan
Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, US
Abstract
Highlights
- A digital health framework can be applied to support global chronic disease care.
- Several principles are provided to guide appropriate adoption of digital health for global chronic disease care.
- The mUzima mobile health application demonstrates an application of these guiding principles for chronic disease care in the resource-poor setting of western Kenya.
Published on
01 Dec 2016.
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