Mobile Health Framework in Nigeria: A Proposal
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International Journal of Recent Engineering Science (IJRES) |  |
| © 2022 by IJRES Journal | ||
| Volume-9 Issue-2 |
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| Year of Publication : 2022 | ||
| Authors : Babafemi Samuel, Oluremi Arowolo |
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| DOI : 10.14445/23497157/IJRES-V9I2P101 |
How to Cite?
Babafemi Samuel, Oluremi Arowolo, "Mobile Health Framework in Nigeria: A Proposal," International Journal of Recent Engineering Science, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 1-7, 2022. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23497157/IJRES-V9I2P101
Abstract
This paper attempts to propose a mHealth framework largely dependent on having a national electronic health record system that can be built upon to address manual record-keeping in various healthcare settings in Nigeria.
Keywords
Conceptual model, e-Healthcare, Find-A-Med, mHealth, Use-Case.
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