Leveraging Digital Health for Global Chronic Diseases

Martin C. Were; Jemima H. Kamano; Rajesh Vedanthan

doi:10.1016/j.gheart.2016.10.017

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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

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Jemima H. Kamano,

Department of Medicine, Moi University School of Medicine, Eldoret; Academic Model Providing Access to HealthCare (AMPATH), Eldoret, KE

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Rajesh Vedanthan

Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, US

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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.

How to Cite: Were MC, Kamano JH, Vedanthan R. Leveraging Digital Health for Global Chronic Diseases. Global Heart. 2016;11(4):459–62. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.gheart.2016.10.017

Published on 01 Dec 2016.

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