• DocumentCode
    3532002
  • Title

    Challenges to E-healthcare adoption in developing countries: A case study of Tanzania

  • Author

    Omary, Zanifa ; Lupiana, Dennis ; Mtenzi, Fredrick ; Wu, Bing

  • Author_Institution
    Dublin Inst. of Technol., Dublin, Ireland
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    28-31 July 2009
  • Firstpage
    201
  • Lastpage
    209
  • Abstract
    The use of ICT in healthcare, which resulted into e-healthcare, has many benefits to both individuals and governments. These benefits include reduction in medical errors, improvements in physician efficiency and an increase in the quality of care delivered. Unfortunately, there are many challenges associated with electronic healthcare adoption. In this paper we investigate the challenges associated with electronic healthcare adoption in Tanzania, and propose solutions to them. The proposed solutions will help the Tanzanian government in its design and implementation of electronic healthcare projects.
  • Keywords
    health care; medical information systems; Tanzanian government; developing country; e-healthcare adoption; electronic healthcare; Bandwidth; Costs; Decision making; Government; Management training; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Personal digital assistants; Testing; Web and internet services;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Networked Digital Technologies, 2009. NDT '09. First International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Ostrava
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4614-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4615-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/NDT.2009.5272067
  • Filename
    5272067