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Experiences in mHealth for chronic disease management in 4 countries

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This paper describes mHealth applications to deal with Non Communicable Diseases in North and Latin America: In Chile, a project focused on Diabetes Mellitus type 2; In the United States, Honduras, and Mexico, projects focused in diabetes, heart failure, depression, hypertension, and cancer. Information Technologies used include voice and sms on cell phones and electronic health records systems.

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    ISABEL '11: Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies
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    1. OpenMRS
    2. cancer developing countries
    3. computer applications
    4. depression
    5. diabetes
    6. eHealth
    7. electronic health records
    8. electronic medical records
    9. health
    10. heart failure
    11. hypertension
    12. mHealth
    13. mobile health
    14. non communicable diseases
    15. telecare
    16. telehealth
    17. telemedicine

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