Abstract
Health issues in developing countries are becoming more serious day by day, as
different diseases attack and infect people making the public health sector
overwhelmed. This has made it difficult for health workers to accurately study the
trend of different diseases in many cases, thus failing to analyze the way patients
behave after being diagnosed. At the same time there is an increased use of mobile
information technology gadgets, which can be used as a way to minimize on the
gap between health centers and patients. Monitoring and evaluation also becomes
a problem as most of the health centers in Uganda lack personnel that can analyze
the collected data to effectively give reports that reflect what is on the ground. In
this system we propose the use of mobile messaging technologies to enhance health
monitoring and patient data analysis.
The use ofSMS software to inform health workers in the field about symptoms can
potentially improve patientfollow-up care and cutfuel costs and travel times.
This system captures and stores patient’s information about their symptoms. Upon
implementation, a patient sends this information via a given number and waits Jar
a reply from the doctor who interfaces with the system in order to view the
patient ‘s records and give necessary recommendations
We find that this mobile information technology will facilitate the health workers
with information which they can use to effectively monitor and evaluate health
performance ofdifferent patients in a short time.
Research, S. (2022). AN INTERACTIVE MESSAGING SYSTEM FOR PATIENTS’ COLLABORATION WITH HEALTH WORKERS CASE STUDY: MULAGO HOSPITAL.. Afribary. Retrieved from https://track.afribary.com/works/an-interactive-messaging-system-for-patients-collaboration-with-health-workers-case-study-mulago-hospital
Research, SSA "AN INTERACTIVE MESSAGING SYSTEM FOR PATIENTS’ COLLABORATION WITH HEALTH WORKERS CASE STUDY: MULAGO HOSPITAL." Afribary. Afribary, 16 Aug. 2022, https://track.afribary.com/works/an-interactive-messaging-system-for-patients-collaboration-with-health-workers-case-study-mulago-hospital. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
Research, SSA . "AN INTERACTIVE MESSAGING SYSTEM FOR PATIENTS’ COLLABORATION WITH HEALTH WORKERS CASE STUDY: MULAGO HOSPITAL.". Afribary, Afribary, 16 Aug. 2022. Web. 23 Nov. 2024. < https://track.afribary.com/works/an-interactive-messaging-system-for-patients-collaboration-with-health-workers-case-study-mulago-hospital >.
Research, SSA . "AN INTERACTIVE MESSAGING SYSTEM FOR PATIENTS’ COLLABORATION WITH HEALTH WORKERS CASE STUDY: MULAGO HOSPITAL." Afribary (2022). Accessed November 23, 2024. https://track.afribary.com/works/an-interactive-messaging-system-for-patients-collaboration-with-health-workers-case-study-mulago-hospital