NDLI: Status, barriers and potential of telemedical systems in African countries

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Gruber, H. Wolf, B. Reiher, M.
Copyright Year	2011
Description	Author affiliation: HealthCare Management & Informatics Research Center, University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz, Germany (Reiher, M.) \|\| Heinz Nixdorf Lehrstuhl Medizinische Elektronik, Technische Universität München, Germany (Gruber, H.; Wolf, B.)
Abstract	In African countries Telemedicine, mHealth and eLearning projects have recently been or will be implemented. This gives the great chance to learn from the experience made in countries where these systems have been in use for quite some time. Governmental strategies and agencies are rarely in place and could be one factor to improve the use of these systems. The barriers to Telemedicine mentioned in African countries were too high perceived cost, a not supportive organizational culture and an underdeveloped infrastructure. The barriers to mHealth are similar with a lack of knowledge of applications, too high perceived cost and an underdeveloped infrastructure. For eLearning the most important barriers were also an underdeveloped infrastructure, lack of policy frameworks and to high cost. So the missing infrastructure and cost issues seem to be particularly pressing problems in African countries. An approach could be to identify applications that can be easily implemented (e.g. computer with internet connection and camera) at low cost. With such applications, access to healthcare could be improved in rural areas. Quality of healthcare could be improved by providing second opinion or specialist opinions on a national or international level. eLearning has the potential to improve the medical knowledge base for medical professionals.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	5
File Size	627017
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781612849928
ISSN	21530033
e-ISBN	9781612849935
DOI	10.1109/AFRCON.2011.6072022
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2011-09-13
Publisher Place	Zambia
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Telemedicine Medical services Electronic learning Law Mobile communication Technological innovation
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Computer Science Applications

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

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