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A Case Study of a Point-of-Care Electronic Medical Record [SABER] in Totonicapán, Guatemala: Benefits, Challenges, and Future Directions Cover

A Case Study of a Point-of-Care Electronic Medical Record [SABER] in Totonicapán, Guatemala: Benefits, Challenges, and Future Directions

Annals of Global Health
Volume 86 (2020): Issue 1
By: Nicholas H. Aldredge,  Dorian Rodriguez,  Jessica González and  David R. Burt  
Open Access
|Sep 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3041 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
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Language: English
Published on: Sep 24, 2020
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