ArticleBMJ health & care informatics2023
Keep it simple: designing a user-centred digital information system to support chronic disease management in low/middle-income countries.
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Addressing Gaps in the Hypertension and Diabetes Care Continuum in Rural Bangladesh Through mHealth and Decentralized Primary Care: The Dinajpur Study
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Scaling integrated cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic care through primary health care in the Americas: a health policy analysis of HEARTS 2.0 implementation levers and architecture.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2026Review
- A User-Centered Approach to Achieving High Degree of Digital Health Technology Utilization for Community HIV Case Management and Data Collection in Ethiopia.Global health, science and practice · 2026Article
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- Addressing Gaps in the Hypertension and Diabetes Care Continuum in Rural Bangladesh Through Digital Technology Supported Decentralized Primary Care: Study Protocol and Baseline Results for a Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Digital Health Interventions to Support Chronic Disease Management: Systematic Scoping Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Article
- Transforming hypertension management with digital technology: a retrospective cohort study in four sub-Saharan African countries.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Enhanced Facility-Based Hypertension Screening: A Quality Improvement Initiative at Primary Health Care Facilities in Ethiopia.Global heart · 2026Article
- Bridging the data-power paradox: a conceptual-empirical analysis of solar-powered digital health systems in low-resource settings.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Article
- Unlocking health equity by eliminating copayments for essential antihypertensive medications.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Review
- Evaluating the World Health Organization's Hearts Model for Hypertension and Diabetes Management: A Pilot Implementation Study in Guatemala.Global heart · 2025Article
- Evaluating the World Health Organization's HEARTS Model for Hypertension and Diabetes Management: A Pilot Implementation Study in Guatemala.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2024Article
- Evaluation of the World Health Organization-HEARTS hypertension control package in Bangladesh: a quasi-experimental trial.Heart (British Cardiac Society) · 2024Article
- India Hypertension Control Initiative: Blood Pressure Control Using Drug and Dose-Specific Standard Treatment Protocol at Scale in Punjab and Maharashtra, India, 2022.Global heart · 2024Article
- Designing and implementing mHealth technology: the challenge of meeting the needs of diverse communities.BMJ health & care informatics · 2023Article
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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveImplement a user-centred digital health information system to facilitate rapidly and substantially increasing the number of patients treated for hypertension in low/middle-income countries.
methodsUser-centred design of Simple, an offline-first app for mobile devices to record patient clinical visits and a web-based dashboard to monitor programme performance.
resultsThe Simple mobile application scaled rapidly over the past 4 years to reach more than 11 400 primary care facilities in four countries with over 3 million patients enrolled. Simple achieved median duration for new patient registration of 76 s (IQR 2 s) and follow-up visit entry of 13 s (IQR 1 s).
conclusionsA fast, easy-to-use digital information system for hypertension programmes that accommodates healthcare worker time constraints by minimising data entry and focusing on key performance indicators can successfully reach scale in low-resource settings.
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