Mobile Health Initiatives in Vietnam: Scoping Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mobile health (mHealth) offers a promising solution to the multitude of challenges the Vietnamese health system faces, but there is a scarcity of published information on mHealth in Vietnam.

Objective

The objectives of this scoping study were (1) to summarize the extent, range, and nature of mHealth initiatives in Vietnam and (2) to examine the opportunities and threats of mHealth utilization in the Vietnamese context.

Methods

This scoping study systematically identified and extracted relevant information from 20 past and current mHealth initiatives in Vietnam. The study includes multimodal information sources, including published literature, gray literature (ie, government reports and unpublished literature), conference presentations, Web-based documents,

SUBMITTER: Lam JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5941098 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature