Mobiles for quality improvement pilot In Uganda : brief

It presents the pilot"s objectives, methods, findings, and lessons learned. The evaluation revealed that family planning providers who received daily text messages reported: (1) being motivated by reminders to adhere to hand washing rules; (2) referring to training manuals when receiving a quiz question about treatment protocols; (3) re-learning steps in instrument sterilization they had forgotten; and (4) using tips about pain management to more closely attend to clients. (Author abstract)