Community health workers and smartphones for the detection of surgical site infections in rural Haiti: a pilot study

Abstract Background Absence of outcome data is a barrier to quality improvement in resource poor settings. To address this challenge, we set out to determine whether follow up for surgical site infections (SSIs) using community health workers (CHWs) and smartphones is feasible in rural Haiti. Method...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Lancet (British edition) 2015-04, Vol.385, p.S47-S47
Hauptverfasser:	Matousek, Alexi, Dr, Paik, Ken, MD, Winkler, Eric, BS, Denike, Jennifer, BA, Addington, Stephen R, BS, Exe, Chauvet, MD, Louis, Rodolphe R E Jean, MD, Riviello, Robert, MD
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Global positioning systems GPS Health care Internal Medicine Medical personnel Mountain regions
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