Using electronic tablets for data collection for healthcare service and maternal health assessments in low resource settings: lessons learnt.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health service and health outcome data collection across many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is, to date largely paper-based. With the development and increased availability of reliable technology, electronic tablets could be used for electronic data collection in such settings. This paper describes our experiences with implementing electronic data collection methods, using electronic tablets, across different settings in four LMICs.

Methods

Within our research centre, the use of electronic data collection using electronic tablets was piloted during a healthcare facility assessment study in Ghana. After further development, we then used electronic data collection in a multi-country, cross-sectional study to measure ill-health in women during and after pr

SUBMITTER: Dickinson FM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6537391 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature