title: Evaluating success of mobile health projects in the developing world.
abstract: Many mobile health (mHealth) projects, typically deploying pilot or small scale implementations, have been undertaken in developing world settings and reported with a widely varying range of claims being made on their effectiveness and benefits. As a result, there is little evidence for which aspects of such projects lead to successful outcomes. This paper describes a literature review of papers from PubMed undertaken to identify strong contributions to execution and evaluation of mHealth projects in developing world settings, and suggests a template for classifying the main success factors to assist with collating evidence in the future.
authors.affiliation: School of Computing, Engineering & Mathematics, Telehealth Research & Innovation Laboratory, University of Western Sydney, Campbelltown, NSW 2560 Australia.
authors.forename: J Anupama
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ginige
authors.affiliation: School of Computing, Engineering & Mathematics, Telehealth Research & Innovation Laboratory, University of Western Sydney, Campbelltown, NSW 2560 Australia.
authors.forename: Anthony J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Maeder
authors.affiliation: School of Computing, Engineering & Mathematics, Telehealth Research & Innovation Laboratory, University of Western Sydney, Campbelltown, NSW 2560 Australia.
authors.forename: Vanessa
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Long
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D003906:Developing Countries; D017146:Models, Organizational; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000458:organization & administration*