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Joshua Nesbit

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About Joshua Nesbit
www.jopsa.org

Role(s) / Profession(s)

  • Administrator (CEO, COO, President, Executive)

Organization

  • Stanford University
    Website: http://www.stanford.edu/ Type: Academic Institution Country: United States About: Leland and Jane Stanford founded the University to "promote the public welfare by exercising an influence on behalf of humanity and civilization." Stanford University, located in Northern California, is dedicated to finding solutions to the great challenges of the day and to preparing our students for leadership in today's complex world.

Work Location(s)

  • Malawi

Joshua's Communities

Language(s)

  • English

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    Joshua Nesbit started a discussion "CHWs in Malawi; Mobiles facilitate patient care" in the Adherence & Retention community.

    My name is Josh Nesbit, and I'm an undergraduate at Stanford. I'm currently at St. Gabriel's Hospital in Central Malawi, implementing a project aimed at expanding the role of CHWs in the catchment area (mobilesinmalawi.blogspot.com). The hospital has enrolled over 600 CHWs - all are volunteers. Many of the CHWs are recruited through the hospital's ART program. I'm here with a laptop, 100 second-hand phones, and an open-source program, FrontlineSMS - which acts as a ...

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    Joshua Nesbit replied to "CHWs in Malawi; Mobiles facilitate patient care" in the Adherence & Retention community.

    Hi Everyone, I've posted a guide, based on a series of FAQs, outlining recommendations for anyone interested in setting up an SMS network in order to facilitate patient care in a rural setting. I hope it is a useful resource. If you have any questions whatsoever, feel free to email me. All the best, Josh

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    Joshua Nesbit replied to "Mobile medicine - potential possibilities" in the Health IT community.

    In case you missed it, see this Change.org piece, "The Cellphone That Could Change The World" and the discussion that follows. http://tinyurl.com/9njhhb There is a ton happening in this space, and 2009 is already being dubbed 'the year of the mobile.' Josh www.jopsa.org

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    Joshua Nesbit replied to "CHWs in Malawi; Mobiles facilitate patient care" in the Adherence & Retention community.

    Thanks for the responses - it's unusual and very fortunate to have access to peripheral information while implementing a project. Vinay - you're right, the SMS data is unstructured. There is a malleable 'form' function in FrontlineSMS that could wind up being very useful in the future, but none of the current data is formatted. I think you've presented some great ideas. There is plenty of data available on the exhanges - incoming/outging messages can ...

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    Joshua Nesbit replied to "CHWs in Malawi; Mobiles facilitate patient care" in the Adherence & Retention community.

    Sorry for the delayed response - it's been a hectic week, traveling from Malawi to Stanford. Mike - you might be interested in a series of video-interviews I'll be posting in the coming days. Before I left the hospital, I captured conversations with four English-speaking volunteers (CHWs) about their experience as health workers in Malawi - a lot of their comments focused on volunteerism. You'll be able to find the videos on the project's blog. ...

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Joined

July 29, 2008

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