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. 2009 Dec;6(12):e1000158.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000158. Epub 2009 Dec 1.

Global health delivery 2.0: using open-access technologies for transparency and operations research

Duncan Smith-Rohrberg Maru  1 , Aditya Sharma, Jason Andrews, Sanjay Basu, Jhapat Thapa, Shefali Oza, Chhitij Bashyal, Bibhav Acharya, Ryan Schwarz
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Global health delivery 2.0: using open-access technologies for transparency and operations research

Duncan Smith-Rohrberg Maru et al. PLoS Med. 2009 Dec.

Abstract

Duncan Maru and colleagues at Nyaya Health describe several simple Web 2.0 strategies they have implemented during the course of delivering medical and public health services in rural Nepal.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Screenshot of our pharmaceutical tracking system.
Gapminder's (http://www.gapminder.org) free software provides an intuitive interface for depicting utilization patterns of key pharmaceutical drugs and categories that is published regularly to the web.
Figure 2
Figure 2. Screenshot of Nyaya Health mapping project.
This particular image shows the number of patients from select surrounding villages over a six-month period. Using readily available GPS mapping information and data from our electronic patient database, we can map out service utilization and access to medical care. This helps in planning the geographic aspects of our community health programs.
Figure 3
Figure 3. Screenshot of the Nyaya Health budget.
The line-by-line budget, updated monthly, is posted online. The dollar amounts shown are converted from Nepali Rupees using daily closing exchange rates.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

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