Publication: Application of smart phone in "better Border Healthcare Program": A module for mother and child care
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2010-11-05
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14726947
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BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. Vol.10, No.1 (2010)
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Jaranit Kaewkungwal, Pratap Singhasivanon, Amnat Khamsiriwatchara, Surasak Sawang, Pongthep Meankaew, Apisit Wechsart Application of smart phone in "better Border Healthcare Program": A module for mother and child care. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. Vol.10, No.1 (2010). doi:10.1186/1472-6947-10-69 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/29444
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Application of smart phone in "better Border Healthcare Program": A module for mother and child care
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Background. To assess the application of cell phone integrating into the healthcare system to improve antenatal care (ANC) and expanded programme on immunization (EPI) services for the under-served population in border area. Methods. A module combining web-based and mobile technology was developed to generate ANC/EPI visit schedule dates in which the healthcare personnel can cross-check, identify and update the mother's ANC and child's EPI status at the healthcare facility or at the household location when performing home visit; with additional feature of sending appointment reminder directly to the scheduled mother in the community. Results. The module improved ANC/EPI coverage in the study area along the country border including for both Thai and non-Thai mothers and children who were either permanent resident or migrants; numbers of ANC and EPI visit on-time as per schedule significantly increased; there was less delay of antenatal visits and immunizations. Conclusions. The module integrated and functioned successfully as part of the healthcare system; it is proved for its feasibility and the extent to which community healthcare personnel in the low resource setting could efficiently utilize it to perform their duties. © 2010 Kaewkungwal et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.