Information and Communication Technology: A Tool for Health Care Delivery in Nigeria

2014 ◽  
pp. 59-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Adebayo Idowu
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Health Care Delivery ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Information And Communication

scholarly journals The impact of the use of health information and communication technology on health care delivery in Manitoba, Canada

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Israel R Kabashiki ◽  
Ngozi I Moneke
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Health Care Delivery ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Quality Of Health Care ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Wait Times ◽  
Information And Communication

Background: Health Information and Communication Technology (HICT) has the potential to reduce patient wait time and improves patient satisfaction. The Long wait times for patients to receive medical services are a big issue in Canada. The Canadian government has invested in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to shorten patient referral wait times for medical services. Little was known about the association between ICT investments and the quality of health care delivery, and particularly between the use of ICT and referral wait times in the Manitoba Health System (MHS). Methods: The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to determine if a relationship existed between the use of HICT and the quality of health care delivery in the MHS. The quality of health care delivery was measured in terms of referral wait time, health information sharing effectiveness, physicians’ satisfaction, and patients’ satisfaction. Conclusion: Findings indicated the absence of a significant association between HICT use and referral wait times. Significant correlations were found to exist between (1) HICT use and health information sharing effectiveness, (2) HICT use and physician’s satisfaction, and (3) HICT use and patient’s satisfaction. Four recommendations emerged from this study: First, patient satisfaction should be used as an indicator of the quality of health care delivery. Second, health knowledge repository and expert systems should be integrated into health ICT systems to minimize unnecessary referrals. Third, a mixed health system should be implemented to shorten wait times. Fourth, the portability of the Canadian Medicare should be enhanced to allow Manitobans in particular and Canadians in general to seek medical services abroad. This study was intended to contribute to the existing body of knowledge associated with ICT investments’ outcomes and health care delivery in the MHS.  

scholarly journals Introduction: Ethics of Information Technology in Health Care

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 2-5
Author(s):  
Georg Marckmann ◽  
Kenneth W Goodman
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Theme Issue ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Computer Based

Computer-based information and communication technologies continue to transform the delivery of health care and the conception and scientific understanding of the human body and the diseases that afflict it. While information technology has the potential to improve the quality and efficiency of patient care, it also raises important ethical and social issues. This IRIE theme issue seeks to provide a forum to identify, analyse and discuss the ethical and social issues raised by various applications of information and communication technology in medicine and health care. The contributions give a flavour of the extraordinarily broad landscape shaped by the intersection of medicine, computing and ethics. In fact, their diversity suggests that much more work is needed to clarify issues and approaches, and to provide practical tools for clinicians.

scholarly journals Challenges and Recommendations for the Deployment of Information and Communication Technology Solutions for Informal Caregivers: Scoping Review

JMIR Aging ◽  
10.2196/20310 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. e20310
Author(s):  
Alhassan Yosri Ibrahim Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Iterative Process ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Informal Caregivers ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Information And Communication

Background Information and communication technology (ICT)–based solutions have the potential to support informal caregivers in home care delivery. However, there are many challenges to the deployment of these solutions. Objective The aim of this study was to review literature to explore the challenges of the deployment of ICT-based support solutions for informal caregivers and provide relevant recommendations on how to overcome these challenges. Methods A scoping review methodology was used following the Arksey and O’Malley methodological framework to map the relevant literature. A search was conducted using PubMed, IEEE library, and Scopus. Publication screening and scrutiny were conducted following inclusion criteria based on inductive thematic analysis to gain insight into patterns of challenges rising from deploying ICT-based support solutions for informal caregivers. The analysis took place through an iterative process of combining, categorizing, summarizing, and comparing information across studies. Through this iterative process, relevant information was identified and coded under emergent broader themes as they pertain to each of the research questions. Results The analysis identified 18 common challenges using a coding scheme grouping them under four thematic categories: technology-related, organizational, socioeconomic, and ethical challenges. These range from specific challenges related to the technological component of the ICT-based service such as design and usability of technology, to organizational challenges such as fragmentation of support solutions to socioeconomic challenges such as funding of technology and sustainability of solutions to ethical challenges around autonomy and privacy of data. For each identified challenge, recommendations were created on how to overcome it. The recommendations from this study can provide guidance for the deployment of ICT-based support solutions for informal caregivers. Conclusions Despite a growing interest in the potential offered by ICT solutions for informal caregiving, diverse and overlapping challenges to their deployment still remain. Designers for ICTs for informal caregivers should follow participatory design and involve older informal caregivers in the design process as much as possible. A collaboration between designers and academic researchers is also needed to ensure ICT solutions are designed with the current empirical evidence in mind. Taking actions to build the digital skills of informal caregivers early in the caregiving process is crucial for optimal use of available ICT solutions. Moreover, the lack of awareness of the potential added-value and trust toward ICT-based support solutions requires strategies to raise awareness among all stakeholders—including policy makers, health care professionals, informal caregivers, and care recipients—about support opportunities offered by ICT. On the macro-level, policies to fund ICT solutions that have been shown to be effective at supporting and improving informal caregiver health outcomes via subsidies or other incentives should be considered.

scholarly journals Challenges and Recommendations for the Deployment of Information and Communication Technology Solutions for Informal Caregivers: Scoping Review (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alhassan Yosri Ibrahim Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Iterative Process ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Informal Caregivers ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Information And Communication

BACKGROUND Information and communication technology (ICT)–based solutions have the potential to support informal caregivers in home care delivery. However, there are many challenges to the deployment of these solutions. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to review literature to explore the challenges of the deployment of ICT-based support solutions for informal caregivers and provide relevant recommendations on how to overcome these challenges. METHODS A scoping review methodology was used following the Arksey and O’Malley methodological framework to map the relevant literature. A search was conducted using PubMed, IEEE library, and Scopus. Publication screening and scrutiny were conducted following inclusion criteria based on inductive thematic analysis to gain insight into patterns of challenges rising from deploying ICT-based support solutions for informal caregivers. The analysis took place through an iterative process of combining, categorizing, summarizing, and comparing information across studies. Through this iterative process, relevant information was identified and coded under emergent broader themes as they pertain to each of the research questions. RESULTS The analysis identified 18 common challenges using a coding scheme grouping them under four thematic categories: technology-related, organizational, socioeconomic, and ethical challenges. These range from specific challenges related to the technological component of the ICT-based service such as design and usability of technology, to organizational challenges such as fragmentation of support solutions to socioeconomic challenges such as funding of technology and sustainability of solutions to ethical challenges around autonomy and privacy of data. For each identified challenge, recommendations were created on how to overcome it. The recommendations from this study can provide guidance for the deployment of ICT-based support solutions for informal caregivers. CONCLUSIONS Despite a growing interest in the potential offered by ICT solutions for informal caregiving, diverse and overlapping challenges to their deployment still remain. Designers for ICTs for informal caregivers should follow participatory design and involve older informal caregivers in the design process as much as possible. A collaboration between designers and academic researchers is also needed to ensure ICT solutions are designed with the current empirical evidence in mind. Taking actions to build the digital skills of informal caregivers early in the caregiving process is crucial for optimal use of available ICT solutions. Moreover, the lack of awareness of the potential added-value and trust toward ICT-based support solutions requires strategies to raise awareness among all stakeholders—including policy makers, health care professionals, informal caregivers, and care recipients—about support opportunities offered by ICT. On the macro-level, policies to fund ICT solutions that have been shown to be effective at supporting and improving informal caregiver health outcomes via subsidies or other incentives should be considered.

scholarly journals Ocena funkcjonowania projektu e-zdrowie na rynku usług medycznych w świetle badań ankietowych

Ekonomia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 47-62
Author(s):  
Rafał Krywienia
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Treatment Process ◽  
The Public ◽  
Polish Society ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Health Project ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Scientific Achievements

The idea of the e-health project assumes the public use of effective information and communication technology systems, as well as the participation of patients and medical staff in the treatment process. The article’s aim is the analysis of the impact of the e-health project on the functioning of the Polish healthcare system which is currently implemented as part of the digitization of health care. It has been hypothesized that the implemented e-health project has been positively received by Polish society. In order to verify this, a survey was conducted on a sample of 305 respondents, including patients, doctors and people who had never had contact with e-health. The purpose of the survey was to recognize the attitudes, opinions and experience of beneficiaries of e-health regarding the functioning of the project in question. The article also contains secondary research presenting the current scientific achievements in the field of e-health.

Use of Information and Communication Technology by Health Care Providers for Continuing Professional Development in Botswana

2017 ◽  
pp. 181-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wananani. B. Tshiamo ◽  
Mabedi Kgositau ◽  
Mabel Magowe
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Continuing Professional Development ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Ict Infrastructure

The impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the social and economic lives of people including the area of education cannot be overemphasized. Continuing education is an important vehicle for maintaining and improving professional standards and keeping in synch with the latest trends in the profession, especially for health care providers. Hinged on literature review, document review and case study, this chapter aims to elaborate on the importance of continuing professional development (CPD) to health and medical care, and how ICTs can be used as a platform for CPD. Focusing on Botswana as a case study, the chapter explores challenges and issues faced by health care providers in using ICTs to access CPD and includes solutions and recommendations. Challenges identified included underdeveloped ICT infrastructure and limited use of available ICT resources by health care providers.

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