Adoption of Mobile Technology by Public Healthcare Doctors

New Technologies ◽

Resource Constraints ◽

Quality Of Healthcare ◽

Healthcare Sector ◽

Public Healthcare ◽

Western Cape ◽

Adoption Factors ◽

Public Healthcare Sector ◽

Doctors working in the South African public healthcare sector are faced with the unique resource constraints prevalent in a developing country. Mobile information and communication technologies (ICTs) hold the promise of improving the quality of healthcare, but this potential can only be unlocked if individuals decide to adopt the new technologies. Understanding the factors that influence the doctor’s adoption of a technology is therefore vital. This chapter reports on an investigation into the factors influencing the adoption of mobile devices by doctors in the public healthcare sector in the Western Cape, South Africa. The research methodology was shaped by qualitative enquiry and described through thematic analysis. The authors confirmed the key adoption factors identified in prior research: job relevance, usefulness, perceived user resources and device characteristics. However, some additional adoption factors were uncovered in this research, namely patient influence, support structures from national government and hospital administration, and unease in respect of malpractice legal suits.

Adoption of Mobile Technology by Public Healthcare Doctors

Healthcare Delivery Reform and New Technologies ◽

10.4018/978-1-60960-183-6.ch012 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 209-225

Author(s):

Nesaar Banderker ◽

Jean-Paul Van Belle

Keyword(s):

New Technologies ◽

Resource Constraints ◽

Quality Of Healthcare ◽

Healthcare Sector ◽

Public Healthcare ◽

Western Cape ◽

The Public ◽

Adoption Factors ◽

Public Healthcare Sector

South African doctors working in the public healthcare sector are faced with the unique resource constraints prevalent in a developing country. Mobile information and communication technologies (ICTs) hold the promise of improving the quality of healthcare, but this potential can only be unlocked if individuals decide to adopt the new technologies. Understanding the factors that influence the doctor’s adoption of a technology is therefore vital. This article reports on an investigation into the factors influencing the adoption of mobile devices by doctors in the public healthcare sector in the Western Cape, South Africa. The research methodology was shaped by qualitative enquiry and described through thematic analysis. The authors confirmed the key adoption factors identified in prior research: job relevance, usefulness, perceived user resources and device characteristics. However, some additional adoption factors were uncovered in this research, namely patient influence, support structures from national government and hospital administration, and unease in respect of malpractice legal suits. [Article copies are available for purchase from InfoSci-on-Demand.com]

The Barriers and Facilitators to the Adoption of New Technologies in Public Healthcare Sector: A Qualitative Investigation

International Journal of Business and Management ◽

10.5539/ijbm.v12n1p159 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 159 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Waleed KH Mohamed AL-Hadban ◽

Shafiz Affendi Mohd Yusof ◽

Kamarul Faizal Hashim

Keyword(s):

Information Systems ◽

New Technologies ◽

Healthcare Sector ◽

Public Healthcare ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Healthcare Information ◽

Healthcare Information Systems ◽

Healthcare Information System ◽

Public Healthcare Sector ◽

Healthcare Practice

The use of new technologies and information systems within healthcare practice provides several advantages and functionalities for healthcare institutions. However, the use of these advanced technologies is not an easy task and the literature has documented several cases of resistance to adopting such technologies by the healthcare staff. Furthermore, governmental reports stated that Iraq healthcare sector is enduring challenges in this regard. For this reason, the current study explored the opinions of healthcare professionals using semi-structured interviews to highlight the important factors and issues that influence the use and adoption of new technologies within Iraq public healthcare sector. To our best knowledge, this empirical study is the first to employ a qualitative approach to address the issue of healthcare information system adoption in Iraq healthcare domain. Twenty six themes have emerged in the findings of this qualitative study which can be helpful for healthcare seniors in order to overcome the present challenges related to the adoption of healthcare information systems and to improve the healthcare practice in general.

Success Dimensions of ICTs in Healthcare

Health Care Delivery and Clinical Science ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-3926-1.ch011 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 221-246

Author(s):

Pankaj Deep Kaur ◽

Pallavi Sharma

Keyword(s):

New Technologies ◽

Clinical Care ◽

Healthcare Services ◽

Global Scale ◽

Healthcare Sector ◽

Preventative Care ◽

Record Keeping ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Cost Efficient

During the last decades, the call for Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in healthcare has been augmented to endow with healthcare services at a global scale and to trim down medical errors that cost human lives. Enriched with explosive computing and high communicating power, ICTs like Internet, mobile telephony, and other enabled gadgets plays a prominent role in our day-to-day activities. With the potential to provide access to service for patients in difficult-to reach areas and facilitating medical record keeping and information sharing are the main considerations of leveraging ICTs in realm of clinical care. The insurgence of these innovating technologies into healthcare sectors is not only blurring the boundaries for the emergence of other new technologies but also causing a paradigm shift in providing acute and preventative care in public health. The main goal of this chapter is to offer readers an insight into how the emergence of ICTs have transformed healthcare sector by delivering cost-efficient and quality of care to patients.

Computational Tools and Techniques for Biomedical Signal Processing - Advances in Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering ◽

Success Dimensions of ICTs in Healthcare

10.4018/978-1-5225-0660-7.ch007 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 149-173

Author(s):

Pankaj Deep Kaur ◽

Pallavi Sharma

Keyword(s):

New Technologies ◽

Clinical Care ◽

Healthcare Services ◽

Global Scale ◽

Healthcare Sector ◽

Preventative Care ◽

Record Keeping ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Cost Efficient

During the last decades, the call for Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in healthcare has been augmented to endow with healthcare services at a global scale and to trim down medical errors that cost human lives. Enriched with explosive computing and high communicating power, ICTs like Internet, mobile telephony, and other enabled gadgets plays a prominent role in our day-to-day activities. With the potential to provide access to service for patients in difficult-to reach areas and facilitating medical record keeping and information sharing are the main considerations of leveraging ICTs in realm of clinical care. The insurgence of these innovating technologies into healthcare sectors is not only blurring the boundaries for the emergence of other new technologies but also causing a paradigm shift in providing acute and preventative care in public health. The main goal of this chapter is to offer readers an insight into how the emergence of ICTs have transformed healthcare sector by delivering cost-efficient and quality of care to patients.

Start-upy telemedyczne w Polsce — trendy i kierunki rozwoju

Ekonomia ◽

10.19195/2658-1310.26.4.3 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 26 (4) ◽

pp. 37-45

Author(s):

Anna Cuda

Keyword(s):

New Technologies ◽

Technology Development ◽

Data Transfer ◽

New Technology ◽

Quality Of Healthcare ◽

Medical Services ◽

Patient Treatment ◽

Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽

The Polish medical market reports a growing demand for innovative solutions in the field of health protection — the use of information and communication technologies in the provision of medical services contributes to an increase in their efficiency and effectiveness. Telemedicine is data transfer and the provision of medical services to patients remotely, using new technology solutions. The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the current situation of the telemedicine market in Poland, especially new technology startups devoted to telemedicine solutions, and to identify investment trends. Technology development should be a process of targeted changes aimed at improving a certain process, bearing in mind the auxiliary and, above all, the increasingly crucial nature of new technologies in the process of patient treatment by specialists in the field of medicine. This study has been conducted in order to ascertain the attitudes of investors with capital of more than 50,000 euro, to the changing technological environment, which is intended to improve the provision of medical services and contribute to an increase in the quality of healthcare, and their willingness to invest in startups in the telemedicine industry.

Recent Developments of Ambulatory Assessment Methods

Zeitschrift für Neuropsychologie ◽

10.1024/1016-264x/a000143 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 25 (4) ◽

pp. 279-287 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Stefan Hey ◽

Panagiota Anastasopoulou ◽

André Bideaux ◽

Wilhelm Stork

Keyword(s):

Real Time ◽

New Technologies ◽

Psychological Research ◽

Ambulatory Assessment ◽

Emotional States ◽

Recent Developments ◽

Potential Applications ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Physiological Sensors

Ambulatory assessment of emotional states as well as psychophysiological, cognitive and behavioral reactions constitutes an approach, which is increasingly being used in psychological research. Due to new developments in the field of information and communication technologies and an improved application of mobile physiological sensors, various new systems have been introduced. Methods of experience sampling allow to assess dynamic changes of subjective evaluations in real time and new sensor technologies permit a measurement of physiological responses. In addition, new technologies facilitate the interactive assessment of subjective, physiological, and behavioral data in real-time. Here, we describe these recent developments from the perspective of engineering science and discuss potential applications in the field of neuropsychology.

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRAINING PROGRAM «PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION»: EXPERIENCE, PROBLEMS, PROSPECTS FOR DEVELOPMENT

Pedagogicheskiy Zhurnal Bashkortostana ◽

10.21510/1817-3292-2020-88-3-55-67 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 88 (3) ◽

pp. 55-67

Author(s):

Lucia V. Vakhidova ◽

◽

Elvira M. Gabitova ◽

Lira R. Saitova ◽

Oksana G. Startseva ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Vocational Education ◽

Professional Education ◽

Social Order ◽

New Technologies ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Educational Process ◽

Highly Qualified ◽

Education Experience ◽

The article describes the process of training future specialists under the program "Professional education", its features, conditions for implementation, aspects of further development, as well as some of the difficulties that arise during its organization. The focus of the department on how to create a new architecture of the educational process within the program "Professional education" is set by the leading principles: modularity, integrability, flexibility and dynamism, and methodological approaches - competence, activity-based, subject-oriented, environmental – were the basis for its development. As a result the authors presented a model for training a modern specialist with formed professional skills and personal and professional qualities, capable of being in demand in the labor market. The research results can be used in the educational process in the context of how to implement relevant programs in accordance with the new requirements in the educational services market. The rapid technologization of the socio-economic development of our society was reflected in the system of vocational education, designed to prepare highly qualified and competent specialists for the modern economy, science and industry. The transformation of the educational sphere is taking place under the influence of new technologies and human practices that change the social order. The determined infrastructural spheres have the greatest impact on this transformation, we are talking about "Communication Infrastructure": the sphere of information and communication technologies that affect all processes of accumulation and transmission of information; "Infrastructure of production and consumption": a financial and investment sphere, which sets the general rules for interaction in the economic and educational system. The above said made it possible to determine the further vector of educational activities of the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology of Vocational Education in training the specialists in "Professional Education" field both at the bachelor and master degrees.

Job satisfaction, dual practice and intention to work abroad in the Serbian public healthcare sector

European Journal of Public Health ◽

10.1093/eurpub/cky213.434 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 28 (suppl_4) ◽

Author(s):

M Šantric Milicevic ◽

M Gacevic ◽

N Milic ◽

M Milicevic ◽

M Vasic ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Healthcare Sector ◽

Public Healthcare ◽

Dual Practice ◽

Public Healthcare Sector ◽

Work Abroad

The Digitalization of the European Agri-Food Cooperative Sector. Determining Factors to Embrace Information and Communication Technologies

Agriculture ◽

10.3390/agriculture11060514 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (6) ◽

pp. 514

Author(s):

Javier Jorge-Vázquez ◽

Mª Peana Chivite-Cebolla ◽

Francisco Salinas-Ramos

Keyword(s):

High Performance ◽

New Technologies ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Political Agenda ◽

Food Sector ◽

Technological Adoption ◽

Synthetic Index ◽

Determining Factors ◽

The digitization of the agri-food sector is a strategic priority in the political agenda of European institutions. The opportunity to improve the competitiveness and efficiency of the sector offered by new technologies comes together with its potential to face new economic and environmental challenges. This research aims to analyze the level of digitalization of the European agri-food cooperative sector from the construction of a composite synthetic index. Such an index is to be based on a diverse set of variables related to electronic commerce and the services offered through the internet. It also evaluates how European cooperatives influence the degree of technological adoption depending on their size or the wealth of the country where they carry out their activity. The empirical analytical method is thus used, through the analysis of frequencies and correlations. The results obtained reveal the existence of a suboptimal and heterogeneous degree of digitization of European agri-food cooperatives, clearly conditioned by their size and the wealth of the country where they operate. In this situation, it is recommended to promote public policies that guarantee high-performance digital connectivity, an improvement in training in digital skills and the promotion of cooperative integration processes.