SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING CLINICAL OUTCOME IN PRIMARY CARE

摘要

In a health care method for providing medical care in a rural community, a patient in the rural community is contacted by a community health worker (14) disposed in the rural community. Medical data of the contacted patient are acquired in the rural community using a medical device (30, 32) possessed by the community health worker in the rural community. The acquired medical data are wirelessly communicated to a central station (10) comprising a computer using a mobile device (46) possessed by the community health worker in the rural community, and stored at a patient data storage (34) of the central station. The stored medical data are thereafter wirelessly transmitted to a medical facility (12, 22) for use in a consultation with the medical facility regarding the contacted patient that is initiated by the community health worker.