Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Peruvian Physicians Use PDAs in Treatment of TB

A recent initiative launched by a doctoral student from MIT and Harvard Medical School worked with Socios en Salud (SES), a Lima-based health organization to provide PDAs to physicians working in the slums of Lima, Peru. Using these handheld devices, health workers could easily manage information they need to track, treat and support patients with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. MORE...