• DocumentCode
    474851
  • Title

    Health service delivery in developing countries through eHealth: Making the case for low-cost wireless infrastructures

  • Author

    Iluyemi, A. ; Briggs, J. ; Burger, R.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Centre for Healthcare Modelling &Inf., Univ. of Portsmouth, Portsmouth
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    21-22 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    6
  • Abstract
    This paper discusses how high costs of mobile/wireless technologies impede the successful adoption and diffusion of eHealth services in developing countries with Africa as a focus. It therefore highlights the need for low-cost versions in order to expand and deepen the benefits of eHealth services to populations in Africa.
  • Keywords
    health care; mobile radio; telemedicine; African population; developing countries; eHealth services; health service delivery; low-cost wireless infrastructures; mobile/wireless technologies; Africa; Digital World Forum; eHealth; financial barrier; low-cost mobile/wireless technologies;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Appropriate Healthcare Technologies for Developing Countries, 2008. AHT 2008. 5th IET Seminar on
  • Conference_Location
    London
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-86341-916-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4577656