Costs and Cost-Effectiveness of mCME Version 2.0: An SMS-Based Continuing Medical Education Program for HIV Clinicians in Vietnam

Abstract

This study found that a highly successful phonebased continuing medical education (CME) intervention for HIV clinicians in northern Vietnam was relatively low-cost and cost-effective when costs were compared to benefits.n Forecasted future models that spread fixed costs over expanded nationwide versions of the program are even more appealing from a cost perspective.n These findings suggest that mobile approaches to CME can be quite cost-effective and are worthy of attention in resource-constrained settings.