A contextualized IT adoption and use model for telemedicine in Ethiopia

Mengesha, Getachew Hailemariam; Garfield, Monica J.

doi:10.1080/02681102.2018.1461057

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“…Health professionals who have IT support staff in their hospitals were 1.9 times more likely to be knowledgeable on telemedicine services than those who didn't (AOR=1.87, 95% CI: [1.06-3.29]). This finding is supported with the study conducted in Kenya (35) and Ethiopia (36). The possible reasons might be due the existing technology which can be realized by motivation and support by the end-users' and the proper understanding of telemedicine technology is a way to scale-up the healthcare system.…”

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Knowledge, Awareness and Associated factors of Telemedicine Services among Health Professionals Working at Amhara Region Referral hospitals, northwest Ethiopia, 2020.

Assaye

Jemere

Nigatu

2021

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Background: -Telemedicine is the delivery of healthcare services at a distance. Despite it is an emerging and infancy technology in a developing country, utilizing the technology for delivering healthcare services is low in Ethiopia. To maximize and facilitate Telemedicine adoption it prominently requires information about the knowledge and awareness of telemedicine services among health professionals.Methods: - An institution-based cross-sectional study design was conducted among 423 health professionals working at Amhara Region Referral Hospitals from February 12-March 20/2020. The data were collected using self-administered structured questionnaire. Desk review was done to assure the data quality and then data was entered into EPI INFO version 7 and exported into SPSS version 20 for statistical analysis. Descriptive statistics, bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis were done. Odds ratio with 95% confidence interval (95% CI) was used to identify associated factors.Result: About 56% of health professionals had good knowledge and 57.4% had high awareness towards telemedicine services with 411 (97.2%) response rate. Information sharing culture [AOR=3.01, 95% CI: 1.89, 4.80], having IT support staff [AOR=1.87, 95%CI: 1.06, 3.29], internet as information source [AOR=1.80, 95%CI:1.1, 2.94], awareness [AOR=1.35,95% CI: 1.03, 2.40], being male [AOR=1.73,95% CI:1.06, 2.81] were significantly associated with the knowledge of the respondents towards telemedicine services and telemedicine training [AOR= 2.33, 95% CI: 1.15, 4.72] and computer accessibility in their hospitals [AOR= 1.54, 95% CI: 1.01, 2.35] were significantly associated with the awareness of the respondents towards telemedicine services.Conclusion: More than half of the respondents had good knowledge and high awareness of telemedicine services. Information source, having IT support staff, information sharing culture, gender and awareness were significant factors for the knowledge of telemedicine service and telemedicine training and computer access were significant factors of awareness of health professionals towards telemedicine services. Therefore Appropriate and regular awareness creation training of telemedicine systems should be given to the health professional.

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“…Ethiopia (36). The possible reasons might be due the existing technology which can be realized by motivation and support by the end-users' and the proper understanding of telemedicine technology is a way to scale-up the healthcare system.…”

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confidence: 99%

Knowledge, Awareness and Associated factors of Telemedicine Services among Health Professionals Working at Amhara Region Referral hospitals, northwest Ethiopia, 2020.

Assaye

Jemere

Nigatu

2021

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“…With socio-economic development anchoring on the three pillars of human development index (HDI): life expectancy index, education index, and standard of living, it is sufficient to mention that ICT impacts on inclusive growth (Roztocki et al, 2017;Sein et al, 2018). Recent literature captures the relationship between ICT and inclusive growth concisely: health outcomes and well-being (Mengesha & Garfield, 2019;Palvia et al, 2018), culture and social beliefs (Ashraf et al, 2017;Roztocki & Weistroffer, 2016), well-being and poverty alleviation (Madon, 2000), education and growth of small businesses (Palvia et al, 2018), human capital and business growth (Kowal et al, 2019); capacity development (Jacobs et al, 2019); education and teaching methods (Donou-Adonsou, 2019;Stal & Paliwoda-Pękosz, 2019); governance and citizen trust (Mahmood et al, 2019); e-business processes (Rondović et al, 2019); and business environment and performance (Chowdhury, 2006;Lech, 2019).…”

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The criticality of ICT-trade nexus on economic and inclusive growth

Adeleye

Adedoyin

Nathaniel

2020

Information Technology for Development

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This paper contributes to the ICT-growth and trade-growth literature by investigating the ICT-trade nexus on economic and inclusive growth. That is, does ICT adoption enhance or distort the impact of trade on growth? With data on 53 African countries from 2005 to 2015 using mobile phones and fixed telephone subscriptions as indicators of ICT, findings provide evidence that (1) trade is a significant and positive predictor of growth, (2) the impact of trade on growth differs significantly across Africa's sub-regions, (3) the effect of ICT adoption differs significantly across sub-regions, (4) ICT innovation enhances the impact of trade on growth, and (5) the ICT-trade nexus differ significantly across sub-regions. The study submits that these variables are critical drivers of economic and inclusive growth in Africa. However, the lack of consistency of the results across the sub-regions suggests that the level of ICT is still undeveloped. Policy implications are discussed.

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“…Health professionals who have IT, support staff, in their hospitals were 1.9 times more likely to be knowledgeable on telemedicine services than those who didn't (AOR=1.87, 95% CI: [1.06-3.29]). This nding is supported by the study conducted in Kenya (35) and Ethiopia (36). The possible reasons might be due to the existing technology which can be realized by motivation and support by the end-users and the proper understanding of telemedicine technology is a way to scale-up the healthcare system.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 80%

Knowledge, Awareness and Associated factors of Telemedicine Services among Health Professionals Working at Amhara Region Referral hospitals, northwest Ethiopia, 2020.

Assaye

Jemere

Nigatu

2021

Preprint

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Background: -Telemedicine is the delivery of healthcare services at a distance. Despite it is an emerging and infancy technology in a developing country, utilizing the technology for delivering healthcare services is low in Ethiopia. To maximize and facilitate Telemedicine adoption it prominently requires information about the knowledge and awareness of telemedicine services among health professionals.Methods: - An institution-based cross-sectional study design was conducted among 423 health professionals working at Amhara Region Referral Hospitals from February 12-March 20/2020. The data were collected using a self-administered structured questionnaire. Desk review was done to assure the data quality and then data was entered into EPI INFO version 7 and exported into SPSS version 20 for statistical analysis. Descriptive statistics, bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses were done. The odds ratio with a 95% confidence interval (95% CI) was used to identify associated factors.Result: About 56% of health professionals had good knowledge and 57.4% had high awareness towards telemedicine services with a 411 (97.2%) response rate. Information sharing culture [AOR=3.01, 95% CI: 1.89, 4.80], having IT support staff [AOR=1.87, 95%CI: 1.06, 3.29], internet as information source [AOR=1.80, 95%CI:1.1, 2.94], awareness [AOR=1.35,95% CI: 1.03, 2.40], being male [AOR=1.73,95% CI:1.06, 2.81] were significantly associated with the knowledge of the respondents towards telemedicine services and telemedicine training [AOR= 2.33, 95% CI: 1.15, 4.72] and computer accessibility in their hospitals [AOR= 1.54, 95% CI: 1.01, 2.35] were significantly associated with the awareness of the respondents towards telemedicine services.Conclusion: More than half of the respondents had good knowledge and high awareness of telemedicine services. Information sources, having IT support staff, information sharing culture, gender and awareness were significant factors for the knowledge of telemedicine service, and telemedicine training and computer access were significant factors of awareness of health professionals towards telemedicine services. Therefore Appropriate and regular awareness creation training of telemedicine systems should be given to the health professional.

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A contextualized IT adoption and use model for telemedicine in Ethiopia

Cited by 30 publications

References 26 publications

Knowledge, Awareness and Associated factors of Telemedicine Services among Health Professionals Working at Amhara Region Referral hospitals, northwest Ethiopia, 2020.

Knowledge, Awareness and Associated factors of Telemedicine Services among Health Professionals Working at Amhara Region Referral hospitals, northwest Ethiopia, 2020.

The criticality of ICT-trade nexus on economic and inclusive growth

Knowledge, Awareness and Associated factors of Telemedicine Services among Health Professionals Working at Amhara Region Referral hospitals, northwest Ethiopia, 2020.

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