Jaranit Kaewkungwalจรณิต แก้วกังวาลPratap Singhasivanonประตาป สิงหศิวานนท์Amnat Khamsiriwatcharaอำนาจ คำศิริวัชราSurasak SawangPongthep Meankaewพงษ์เทพ เมียนแก้วApisit WechsartMahidol University. Faculty of Tropical Mediicine. Department of Tropical Hygiene2012-10-102016-09-292012-10-102016-09-2920102012-10-102010-11Kaewkungwal J, Singhasivanon P, Khamsiriwatchara A, Sawang S, Meankaew P, Wechsart A. Application of smart phone in "Better Border Healthcare Program": a module for mother and child care. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2010 Nov 3;10:69.1472-6947 (electronic)https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/733BACKGROUND: 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.engMahidol UniversityCellular PhoneChildMothersOpen Access articleArticleBioMed Central