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CommCare- What is it?
1- Explore this:
You can get a good overview of what CommCare is by reading through the public CommCare site.
2- Watch these videos:
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3- Read this:
CommCare is a mobile case management tool for tracking clients through a continuum of care. It aims to help frontline workers better track and support client registration, follow-up, and completion of care. It runs as a mobile application on Android and feature phones and is built on a decision & logic-processing platform that can support frontline workers to deliver care, as well as provide critical data-quality checks at the point of service.
There are two components of CommCare:
- CommCareMobile is the mobile device part of CommCare. This could be a phone, tablet, or someone entering data using a computer. Someone using CommCare Mobile could be a field worker, a community health worker, an agricultural extension agent, or a surveyor.
- CommCareHQ is the website (www.commcarehq.org) where users can access data, design applications, and manage mobile workers. CommCareHQ users are typically supervisors, researchers, project managers, or data analysts.
CommCare can be used for a number of purposes, including:
- Data collection
- Decision support
- Job aid
- Counseling tool
CommCare is developed by a software company called Dimagi. CommCare is Dimagi's flagship project, but Dimagi also works on a number of other mobile-based, open source technologies.
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The CommCare software is "open source," which means that the source code is openly available on the Internet to be downloaded, modified, or distributed. Details about how to access the source code are here. It's important to note that it isn't simple to set up and run the software on a local server, which is why we strongly recommend using the CommCareHQ server. The open nature of the code makes it easier to integrate with other systems and understand the way that CommCare functions. |
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About CommCare
Review each of the following sections to learn more the main features and principles of CommCare:
- Purpose of CommCare
- Application Structure
- Case Management
- Data in CommCare
- Mobile and Web Users
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