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Mobile consulting (mConsulting) and its potential for providing access to quality healthcare for populations living in low-resource settings of low- and middle-income countries.

Anne-Marie SlowtherJocelyn Anstey WatkinsCaroline HuxleyBronwyn HarrisJonathan CaveSenga PembaBeatrice ChipwazaRichard LilfordMotunrayo AjisolaTheodoros N ArvanitisPauline BakibingaMuntasir BillahNazratun ChoudhuryDavid DaviesOlufunke FayehunCaroline KabariaRomaina IqbalAkinyinka O OmigbodunEme OwoajeOmar RahmanJo SartoriSaleem SayaniKomal TabaniRita YusufJackie Sturt
Published in: Digital health (2020)
For the many dimensions of mConsulting, how it is structured and deployed will make a difference to the benefits and hazards of its use. There is a lack of evidence of the impact of mConsulting in populations that are poor and spatially marginalised, as most research on mConsulting has been undertaken where quality healthcare exists. We suggest that mConsulting could improve access to quality healthcare for these populations and, with attention to how it is deployed, potential hazards for the populations and wider health system could be mitigated.
Keyphrases
  • healthcare
  • genetic diversity
  • quality improvement
  • working memory
  • health information
  • risk assessment