Garg 2016.
Country | USA | |
Resources | High‐income country | |
Data collection | Interviews | |
Health worker category | Lay health workers (LHWs), programme managers, administrative staff, and a doctor | |
Health issue | General primary healthcare services | |
mHealth system | The health workers operated within a routine ‘safety net’ health system, which provided health care to uninsured and low‐income clients. The workers sent mobile text messages, manually typed or automated, to clients. It is unclear if the phones were issued to the health workers. | |
WHO taxonomy |
1.1 Targeted client communication 1.1.3 Transmit targeted alerts and reminders to client(s) |
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Notes | The mHealth study was conducted in 2014. |