Table 1.
PROGRAM TYPE DEFINITION AND SCORING | ||
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Accessing/providing health services | 0. Unanswered. 1. Informal—Early adoption of mobile ICT for health purposes in the absence of formal processes and policies. 2. Pilot—Testing and evaluating the use of m-health in a given situation. 3. Established—An ongoing program using m-health that has been conducted for a minimum of 2 years and is planned to continue and has funding support for at least 2 more years. |
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1 | Toll-free emergency | |
2 | Health call centers | |
3 | Appointment reminders | |
4 | Mobile telehealth | |
5 | Management of disasters and emergencies | |
6 | Treatment adherence | |
Accessing/providing health information | ||
7 | Community mobilization | |
8 | Access to information, databases and tools | |
9 | Patient records | |
10 | M-learning | |
11 | Decision support systems | |
Collecting health information | ||
12 | Patient monitoring | |
13 | Health surveys | |
14 | Disease surveillance |
ICT, information and communication technology.