ArticleJournal of medical Internet research2018
A Patient-Held Smartcard With a Unique Identifier and an mHealth Platform to Improve the Availability of Prenatal Test Results in Rural Nigeria: Demonstration Study.
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Point-of-Delivery Prenatal Test Results Through mHealth to Improve Birth Outcome
Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Effectiveness and implementation of decentralized, community- and primary care-based strategies in promoting hepatitis B testing uptake: a systematic review and meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2024Article
- Comparative effectiveness of implementation strategies for Accelerating Cervical Cancer Elimination through the integration of Screen-and-treat Services (ACCESS study): protocol for a cluster randomized hybrid type III trial in Nigeria.Implementation science : IS · 2024Article
- Acceptability and user experiences of a patient-held smart card for antenatal services in Nigeria: a qualitative study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- Scoping review of health information technology usability methods leveraged in Africa.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2023Article
- Rapid implementation mapping to identify implementation determinants and strategies for cervical cancer control in Nigeria.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Potential risk factors for cardiovascular diseases and associated sociodemographic characteristics: A cross-sectional evaluation of a large cohort of women living with HIV in north-central Nigeria.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- A qualitative study of rural healthcare providers' views of social, cultural, and programmatic barriers to healthcare access.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Using Mobile Phone Apps to Deliver Rural General Practitioner Services: Critical Review Using the Walkthrough Method.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- Community based screening for sickle haemoglobin among pregnant women in Benue State, Nigeria: I-Care-to-Know, a Healthy Beginning Initiative.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Article
- Ethical Implications of eHealth Tools for Delivering STI/HIV Laboratory Results and Partner Notifications.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2021Review
- Sero-prevalence and determinants of Hepatitis B among a cohort of HIV-infected women of reproductive age in Nigeria.PloS one · 2020Article
- Viability of diagnostic decision support for antenatal care in rural settings: findings from the Bliss4Midwives Intervention in Northern Ghana.Journal of global health · 2019Article
- Implementation of eHealth Interventions Across the HIV Care Cascade: a Review of Recent Research.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2018Review
- Pregnant women's experiences with an integrated diagnostic and decision support device for antenatal care in Ghana.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2018Article
- Developing the Speaking Out and Allying Relationships Intervention on Videoconference for HIV-Positive GBMSM in Eastern Cape, South Africa.American journal of men's healthArticle
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Abstract
backgroundCommunity-based strategies to test for HIV, hepatitis B virus (HBV), and sickle cell disease (SCD) have expanded opportunities to increase the proportion of pregnant women who are aware of their diagnosis. In order to use this information to implement evidence-based interventions, these results have to be available to skilled health providers at the point of delivery. Most electronic health platforms are dependent on the availability of reliable Internet connectivity and, thus, have limited use in many rural and resource-limited settings.
objectiveHere we describe our work on the development and deployment of an integrated mHealth platform that is able to capture medical information, including test results, and encrypt it into a patient-held smartcard that can be read at the point of delivery without the need for an Internet connection.
methodsWe engaged a team of implementation scientists, public health experts, and information technology specialists in a requirement-gathering process to inform the design of a prototype for a platform that uses smartcard technology, database deployment, and mobile phone app development. Key design decisions focused on usability, scalability, and security.
resultsWe successfully designed an integrated mHealth platform and deployed it in 4 health facilities across Benue State, Nigeria. We developed the Vitira Health platform to store test results of HIV, HBV, and SCD in a database, and securely encrypt the results on a Quick Response code embedded on a smartcard. We used a mobile app to read the contents on the smartcard without the need for Internet connectivity.
conclusionsOur findings indicate that it is possible to develop a patient-held smartcard and an mHealth platform that contains vital health information that can be read at the point of delivery using a mobile phone-based app without an Internet connection.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT03027258; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03027258 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6owR2D0kE).
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