June 13, 2018
South-East Asia
Engaging and empowering people and communities, Coordinating services within and across sectors, Creating an enabling environment
Developing and deploying a community healthcare worker-driven, digitally- enabled integrated care system for municipalities in rural Nepal
Integrating care at the home and facility level is a critical yet neglected function of healthcare delivery systems. There are few examples in practice or in the academic literature of affordable, digitally-enabled integrated care approaches embedded within healthcare delivery systems in low- and middle-income countries. Simultaneous advances in affordable digital technologies and community healthcare workers offer an opportunity to address this challenge. This article describe the development of an integrated care system involving community healthcare worker networks that utilize a home-to-facility electronic health record platform for rural municipalities in Nepal.
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- Health care