ArticlePublic health action2015
Médecins Sans Frontières' Clinical Guidance mobile application: analysis of a new electronic health tool.
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- Using digital health to enable ethical health research in conflict and other humanitarian settings.Conflict and health · 2018Review
- Assessing the global reach and value of a provider-facing healthcare app using large-scale analytics.BMJ global health · 2017Article
- Connecting patient care to global health trends by health app analytics.Public health action · 2015Article
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Abstract
Many health care workers lack access to clinical support tools in rural and resource-limited settings. To address this gap, the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Clinical Guidelines manual was converted into a static mobile health reference application (app) entitled MSF Guidance. The app's utility and growth was examined, and within 6 months of its launch 150 countries had downloaded the app, with demonstrated retention among new and existing users. With over 3500 downloads and 36 000 sessions amounting to 250 000 screen views, MSF Guidance is a new mobile health platform with widely demonstrated utility, including potential use as an epidemiological tool, where clinical conditions investigated by app users were found to correlate with geographical outbreaks. These findings show that mobile apps can be used to disseminate health information effectively.
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