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ABSTRACT
Shortage of healthcare workers (HCWs) hampers
treatment outcomes in Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA),
there is also a great need for scalable, cost-effective
and long-term strategies in curative care services.
The benefits of e-Government, the integration of
innovative Information and Communication
Technologies (ICTs) to conveniently provide access
to services are yet to be realized. m-Health is an
emerging concept with potential to revolutionize
delivery of healthcare, mobile phone technologies
potential to change healthcare for the better when
used as an enabler to immediate and secure access
to critical clinical information when needed in the
provision of patient care has not been fully
exploited. The study an exploratory research design
aims to discover ideas and insights on the use of
Electronic Medical Records integrating mobile
phone technologies. The research hopes to identify
potential problems of EMR system setup and
available opportunities for integrating mobile phone
technologies relevant to the provision of quality
healthcare and treatment outcomes.
KEYWORDS
e-Health, m-Health, Quality Healthcare, EMRs,
Mobile Phone Technologies
1.
INTRODUCTION
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1.1 Rationale
The Government of Kenya (GoK) lays a
strong emphasis on strengthening prevention,
eradication and control of diseases by
endeavoring to provide quality healthcare
services to the whole population [9]. A number
of policy documents have been formulated to
operationalize and support implementation of
quality healthcare through the Ministry of
Health (MoH) and other relevant Government
Agencies.
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RESEARCH DESIGN
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LITERATURE REVIEW
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healthcare
areas
including
telemedicine and research.
diagnostics,
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RESULTS
Remote Access
Phone
Network Switch
Firewall
Local Access
Personal Computer
Scanner
Healthcare Provider
Printer
Computer Server
Phone
CONCLUSION
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