Using mHealth to improve tuberculosis case identification and treatment initiation in South Africa: Results from a pilot study.

Noriah MarabaChristopher J HoffmannViolet N ChihotaLarry W ChangNazir IsmailSue CandyEdwin MadibogoMarc KatzwinkelGavin J ChurchyardKerrigan McCarthy

Published in: PloS one (2018)

We demonstrated that implementation of the mHealth application was feasible, acceptable to health care providers and patients, and has potential to reduce the time to TB treatment initiation and ILFU in PHC settings.

Keyphrases

healthcare
south africa
mycobacterium tuberculosis
primary care
ejection fraction
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
emergency department
combination therapy
hiv positive
hiv aids
health insurance
bioinformatics analysis
antiretroviral therapy