Table 1.

Web-based tools for TB

Diagnosis	• Laboratory networks
	• Teleradiology
	• Laboratory information systems
	• Web-linked portable diagnostic tools
	• Clinical decision support systems
Treatment	• Remote consultations/clinical support
	• Electronic patient records
	• Electronic medication monitors
	• Directly observed and video-observed therapy
	• Patient tracking systems
Contact tracing and epidemiology	• Web-based contact tracing
	• Automatic identification of individuals for screening/contact tracing
	• Web-based strain typing registries
	• Networked national surveillance systems
Service performance monitoring and quality assurance	• Development and monitoring of national TB programs
	• Data storage for quality assurance and governance
Teaching and training	• Information resources
	• Online training

Abbreviation: TB, tuberculosis.