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Role and Use of Race in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Models Related to Health Open

Martin C. Were, Ang Li, Bradley Malin, Zhijun Yin, Joseph Coco , et al. · 2025

The role and use of race within health-related artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) models have sparked increasing attention and controversy. Despite the complexity and breadth of related issues, a robust and holistic fra…

Machine learning of blood haemoglobin and haematocrit levels via smartphone conjunctiva photography in Kenyan pregnant women: a clinical study protocol Open

Haripriya Sakthivel, Sang Mok Park, Semin Kwon, Eunice Kaguiri, Elizabeth Nyaranga , et al. · 2025

Introduction Anaemia during pregnancy is a widespread health burden globally, especially in low- and middle-income countries, posing a serious risk to both maternal and neonatal health. The primary challenge is that anaemia is frequently u…

Role and Use of Race in AI/ML Models Related to Health (Preprint) Open

Martin C. Were, Ang Li, Bradley Malin, Zhijun Yin, Joseph Coco , et al. · 2025

UNSTRUCTURED The role and use of race within health-related artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) models has sparked increasing attention and controversy. Despite the complexity and breadth of related issues, a robust and h…

Basis function model to extract the combined confocal and fall-off function from multiple optical coherence tomography A-scans Open

Duy Tung Phan, Martin C. Were, Jörn-Hendrik Weitkamp, Audrey K. Bowden · 2025

The improvement in the extraction of the combined confocal and fall-off effects by this method should lead to improved medical diagnosis through more accurate attenuation coefficient calculations. The method enables future applications of …

PEERNaija—a mobile health platform incentivizing medication adherence among youth living with HIV in Nigeria: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial Open

Leslie Pierce, Martin C. Were, Sandra Amaral, Muktar H. Aliyu, Oliver Ezechi , et al. · 2023

Background Poor medication adherence is a major barrier to HIV control among youth living with HIV (Y-PLWH). The PEERNaija application (app) is an adapted smartphone app grounded in social cognitive and contigency management theories and d…

Differences in Health Professionals’ Engagement With Electronic Health Records Based on Inpatient Race and Ethnicity Open

Chao Yan, Xinmeng Zhang, Yuyang Yang, Kaidi Kang, Martin C. Were , et al. · 2023

Importance US health professionals devote a large amount of effort to engaging with patients’ electronic health records (EHRs) to deliver care. It is unknown whether patients with different racial and ethnic backgrounds receive equal EHR e…

Leveraging mHealth usage logs to inform health worker performance in a Resource-Limited setting: Case example of mUzima use for a chronic disease program in Western Kenya Open

Simon Savai, Jemima Kamano, Lawrence Misoi, Peter Wakholi, Md Kamrul Hasan , et al. · 2022

Background Health systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) can be strengthened when quality information on health worker performance is readily available. With increasing adoption of mobile health (mHealth) technologies in LMICs…

Medical information seeking practices among medical students in Kenya: A descriptive cross-sectional study Open

Christopher O Owino, Lilian Ouma, Momanyi Oyagi Alex, Martin C. Were, Peter S. Kussin · 2022

Purpose: Many medical schools in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have adopted a problem-based learning (PBL) approach. PBL requires medical students to independently access and correctly interpret medical information. There is pau…

Data Cleaning Process for mHealth Log Data to Inform Health Worker Performance Open

Simon Savai, Md Kamrul Hasan, Jemima Kamano, Lawrence Misoi, Peter Wakholi , et al. · 2022

Log data, captured during use of mobile health (mHealth) applications by health providers, can play an important role in informing nature of user engagement with the application. The log data can also be employed in understanding health pr…

Pan African Health Informatics Association (HELINA) Open

Ghislain Kouematchoua Tchuitcheu, Tom Oluoch, Steven Wanyee, Frances Baaba da-Costa Vroom, Georges Nguefack‐Tsague , et al. · 2022

© 2022. IMIA and Thieme. This is an open access article published by Thieme under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonDerivative-NonCommercial License, permitting copying and reproduction so long as the original work is given …

mUzima Mobile Electronic Health Record (EHR) System: Development and Implementation at Scale Open

Martin C. Were, Simon Savai, Benard Mokaya, Samuel Mbugua, Nyoman Ribeka , et al. · 2021

Background The predominant implementation paradigm of electronic health record (EHR) systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) relies on standalone system installations at facilities. This implementation approach exacerbates the …

A multivariate statistical evaluation of actual use of electronic health record systems implementations in Kenya Open

Philomena Ngugi, Ankica Babić, Martin C. Were · 2021

Background Health facilities in developing countries are increasingly adopting Electronic Health Records systems (EHRs) to support healthcare processes. However, only limited studies are available that assess the actual use of the EHRs onc…

PEERNaija: A Gamified mHealth Behavioral Intervention to Improve Adherence to Antiretroviral Treatment Among Adolescents and Young Adults in Nigeria Open

Aima A. Ahonkhai, Leslie Pierce, Samuel Mbugua, Benjamin Wasula, Samuel Omondi Owino , et al. · 2021

Background: HIV is the leading cause of death for youth in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The rapid proliferation of smart phones in SSA provides an opportunity to leverage novel approaches to promote adherence to life-saving antiretroviral the…

mUzima Mobile Electronic Health Record (EHR) System: Development and Implementation at Scale (Preprint) Open

Martin C. Were, Simon Savai, Benard Mokaya, Samuel Mbugua, Nyoman Ribeka , et al. · 2020

BACKGROUND The predominant implementation paradigm of electronic health record (EHR) systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) relies on standalone system installations at facilities. This implementation approach exacerbates the…

mHealth spectroscopy of blood hemoglobin with spectral super-resolution Open

Sang Mok Park, Michelle A. Visbal-Onufrak, Md Munirul Haque, Martin C. Were, Violet Naanyu , et al. · 2020

Although blood hemoglobin (Hgb) testing is a routine procedure in a variety of clinical situations, noninvasive, continuous, and real-time blood Hgb measurements are still challenging. Optical spectroscopy can offer noninvasive blood Hgb q…

Supplementary document for mHealth spectroscopy of blood hemoglobin with spectral super-resolution - 4549476.pdf Open

Sang Mok Park, Michelle Visbal Onufrak, Haque, Martin C. Were, Violet Naanyu , et al. · 2020

Supplementary Figures, Supplementary Tables, Supplementary Methods

Community Health Workers Improve Linkage to Hypertension Care in Western Kenya Open

Rajesh Vedanthan, Jemima Kamano, Allison DeLong, Violet Naanyu, Cynthia Binanay , et al. · 2019

HANDLE WITH CARE: maintaining the quality and value of your sweetpotato roots during and after harvest through better practice Open

T. Stathers, Jan W. Low, Francis Kweku Amagloh, Edward E. Carey, Gerald Kyalo , et al. · 2019

Virtual Hyperspectral Imaging of Eyelids - <i>mHematology</i> for Blood Hemoglobin Analysis Open

Michelle A. Visbal-Onufrak, Md Munirul Haque, Martin C. Were, Violet Naanyu, Sang Mok Park , et al. · 2019

Response to Rejoinder to “Ethical issue in the use of SMS messaging in HIV care and treatment in low- and middle-income countries: case examples from Mozambique” Open

Ezequiel B Ossemane, Troy D. Moon, Martin C. Were, Elizabeth Heitman · 2018

Ethical issues in the use of SMS messaging in HIV care and treatment in low- and middle-income countries: case examples from Mozambique Open

Ezequiel B Ossemane, Troy D. Moon, Martin C. Were, Elizabeth Heitman · 2017

The introduction of mobile communication technologies in health care in low- and middle-income countries offers an opportunity for increased efficiencies in provision of care, improved utilization of scarce resources, reductions in workloa…

Leveraging Digital Health for Global Chronic Diseases Open

Martin C. Were, Jemima Kamano, Rajesh Vedanthan · 2016

Global Heart is the official and primary publication of the World Heart Federation, offering a platform for the dissemination of knowledge on research, developments, trends, solutions and public health programmes in the area of cardiovascu…

Assessing the impact of a primary care electronic medical record system in three Kenyan rural health centers Open

William M. Tierney, John E. Sidle, Lameck Diero, Allan Sudoi, Jepchirchir Kiplagat , et al. · 2015

Objective Efficient, effective health care requires rapid availability of patient information. We designed, implemented, and assessed the impact of a primary care electronic medical record (EMR) in three rural Kenyan health centers. Method…

Implementation and Operational Research Open

Martin C. Were, Jason Kessler, Changyu Shen, John E. Sidle, Stephen Macharia , et al. · 2015

Although ART adherence was discussed with most patients, time was limited. Reproductive counseling was provided to only half of the patients, and "positive prevention" messaging was minimal. There are strategic opportunities to enhance cou…

Developing a National-Level Concept Dictionary for EHR Implementations in Kenya Open

Aggrey Keny, Steven Wanyee, Daniel Kwaro, Edwin Mulwa, Martin C. Were · 2015

The increasing adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHR) by developing countries comes with the need to develop common terminology standards to assure semantic interoperability. In Kenya, where the Ministry of Health has rolled out an EH…

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