https://www.capacityplus.org/taxonomy/term/204/all en https://www.capacityplus.org/crowdsourcing-new-buzz <p><img src="/sites/intrah.civicactions.net/files/resources/Laura%20Wurts_pic.JPG" alt="Laura Wurts" align="left" width="117" height="150" hspace="10" /><a href="http://www.capacityplus.org">Capacity<em>Plus</em></a> is developing a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdsourcing">crowdsourcing</a> application and exploring pilot sites in several countries. This initiative will allow the general public with any <a href="http://www.capacityplus.org/mhealth-possibilities">mobile telephone</a>—with simple <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS">SMS</a> texting capability—to report on the presence or absence of health workers, patient waiting times, or other selected quality or productivity indicators at any given clinic at any point in time.<br /><br />Unless health workers report to their assigned facilities at the agreed upon hours and efficiently manage their time, increasing the production of qualified health workers is meaningless.<br /><br />However, a relatively easy method for improving health worker productivity is through crowdsourcing.</p> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authoring-information"><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Author&#039;s name:&nbsp;</div> Laura Wurts </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-publication-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Publication Date:&nbsp;</div> <span class="date-display-single">January 2011</span> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p><a href="https://www.capacityplus.org/crowdsourcing-new-buzz" target="_blank">read more</a></p> https://www.capacityplus.org/crowdsourcing-new-buzz#comments Crowdsource Health Workers mHealth Productivity Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:21:15 +0000 jennifer 309 at https://www.capacityplus.org