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Andrew Sideman

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AED-SATELLIFE
Website: http://www.healthnet.org/index.php Type: Non-Governmental Organization Country: United States About: Long before personal computers became a household presence in the United States, SATELLIFE recognized the power of information to transform health care in the world's poorest countries, where poverty and disease claim their highest toll. Over the past nineteen years, SATELLIFE has been developing solutions to the everyday information needs of health professionals working in communities where AIDS and malaria are common place, but medical journals and the Internet are an unaffordable luxury. Through innovative applications of information and communication technology, we break down barriers to information access. From major cities to remote villages, we extend the power of knowledge and the promise of better health. AED-SATELLIFE strengthens the global health community by facilitating dialogue and disseminating relevant information on the world's most urgent health topics.

Recent Contributions

Andrew Sideman replied to "Clinic management software" in the Health IT community.

Dear Gauti, You might consider getting in touch with Uganda Chartered Healthnet (UCH) in Kampala. UCH is a local NGO which was set-up to provide information and technology support and consulting to the health sector. AED-SATELLIFE has worked closely with them on numerous technology projects including the Uganda Health Information Network, a two-way wireless communications system for public health data collection and clinical information dissemination operating in five districts with over 600 health care users ...
Andrew Sideman replied to "Laptops and CHWs" in the Health IT community.

Dear Allen and all, AED-SATELLIFE has been using information and communications technologies to put information into the hands of health workers for almost twenty years. For the past five or so we have been using low-cost mobile computing devices to collect public health data and disseminate clinical information to those in the most remote and rural areas. Although it is now several years old, our white paper on our work, best practices, and lessons learned ...

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