mHealth - an Ultimate Platform to Serve the Unserved

S. Akter; P. Ray

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1638697

Yearbook of Medical Informatics, Table of Contents

Yearb Med Inform 2010; 19(01): 94-100
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1638697

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Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart

mHealth - an Ultimate Platform to Serve the Unserved

S. Akter

¹Asia-Pacific ubiquitous Healthcare research Centre (APuHC), Information Systems, Technology and Management, Australian School of Business (ASB), University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

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P. Ray

¹Asia-Pacific ubiquitous Healthcare research Centre (APuHC), Information Systems, Technology and Management, Australian School of Business (ASB), University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

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mHealth - health information systems

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