Knowledge and attitudes of doctors towards e-health use in healthcare delivery in government and private hospitals in Northern Uganda: a cross-sectional study

Olok, Geoffrey Tabo; Yagos, Walter Onen; Ovuga, Emilio

doi:10.1186/s12911-015-0209-8

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“…Around two third of them, used smart devices in their daily clinical practice. The high frequency of Medical Apps installation and their use is consistent with Geoffrey et al, [18] which showed that majority of healthcare professionals, had positive attitude towards medical apps.. The prominent motivating factor behind adopting the Medical Apps among our studied population was found to be recommendations from their colleagues.…”

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Study of Knowledge, Attitude and Preferences of Primary Health Care Physicians in Saudi Arabia Regarding the Use of Medical Software Applications on their Smartphones

Abadel¹,

Saifuddeen²

2017

AIMDR

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Background: The use of medical software applications has changed the clinical practice over the last decade. The usage of smart phone among the population is growing rapidly, including healthcare professionals, but the extent of the increase in their knowledge and practice due to the enhanced usage of smart phone is not known. This study aims at determining the knowledge, attitude and preferences of physicians regarding the use of Medical Apps in their professional practice. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted in the governmental primary health care centres in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, using a sample size of 178, selected through randomized cluster sampling. Self-administered questionnaires were used for collecting the data. Results: The study revealed that 92% of the responders were aware of the availability of Medical Apps and most of the doctors had a positive attitude towards the use of Medical Apps. The most prominent use of Medical Apps was to get additional medical information to update their knowledge. The majority of responders had already installed them on their smart phones and most of them used the Apps at least once in a day. Medscape was the most common medical app used by the study population. Conclusion: The findings of the study show the existence of good knowledge and a positive attitude towards the use of Medical Apps among the doctors. Most frequently used applications were free Medical Apps.

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Study of Knowledge, Attitude and Preferences of Primary Health Care Physicians in Saudi Arabia Regarding the Use of Medical Software Applications on their Smartphones

Abadel¹,

Saifuddeen²

2017

AIMDR

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“…The results were comparable with 92% of surveyed UK nurses used a computer at work daily and only 1% had never used the computer at work (Royal College of Nursing, 2015). On the other hand, our results were higher than that obtained by Olok et al who found that only 57.4% healthcare workers used a computer and 48.5 % used the internet facilities (Olok GT. et al, 2015).…”

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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of E-health among Health Care Providers in Kuwait

Alkhatlan¹,

Alazmi²,

Almutairi³

2017

GJMS

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Background:The nature and functions of e-health services are expanding rapidly and have the potential of not only improving health, but also to reduce health care costs, enhance scientific understanding of health issues, increase equity of health care, and improve communication between health care providers and patients. Objectives: The aim of the present study is to highlight e-health knowledge, attitude and practice among health care providers in Kuwait. Methods: This study was carried out in the 6 general hospitals during 2015 -2016. 438 health care workers who agreed to participate in the study were asked to fill a predesigned questionnaire that included information regarding sociodemographic characteristics, computer and internet experience as well as knowledge, attitude and practice regarding ehealth. Results: 99.5% of health care participants are users of the internet, 98.2% of them used it for seeking health information. Their e-health attitude percentage score (68.8 ± 10.7) was higher than both knowledge (58.9 ± 24.2) and practice (59.2 ± 20.3) scores. Conclusion: There is a gap between participants' attitude which was generally positive on one side and their knowledge and practice of e-health that were generally moderate on the other side.

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“…Participants further reported that keeping data is made easy, tracking information is simplified and access to variety of news, and disease and treatment information through internet is possible with ICTs. Study done by Olok et al [30] in hospitals in northern Uganda indicated that ICT could offer benefits in the delivery of health services. A senior health worker in one district highlighted some of the unique benefits of ICTs as below:

“I strongly believe that ICT will improve reading culture for the health workers which will improve the quality of health services in rural post-war and post-conflict northern Uganda.

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Use of information and communication technology and retention of health workers in rural post-war conflict Northern Uganda: findings from a qualitative study

Yagos

Olok

Ovuga

2017

BMC Med Inform Decis Mak

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BackgroundInformation and communication technologies have become a vital infrastructural asset for use in the retention of rural health workers. However, little is known about the potential influence of ICT use, perceptions of health workers on ICT in healthcare delivery, and contribution of ICT to health care providers’ retention in rural and remote areas in rural post-war and conflict situations of northern Uganda.MethodsData from interviews were transcribed, coded and thematically analysed.ResultsParticipants generally exhibited low confidence, knowledge and low ICT skills. Majority of participants, however, perceived ICT as beneficial in relation to job performance and health care provider retention in rural areas. Common barriers for the implementation and use of ICT in health centres were inadequate ICT knowledge and skills, poor Internet networks, inadequate computers, inadequate power supply, lack of Internet Modems and expensive access to outside computer centres.ConclusionsThis qualitative study showed low confidence, poor knowledge and skills in ICT usage but positive perceptions about the benefits and contributions of ICT. These findings suggest the need for specific investment in ICT infrastructural development for health care providers in remote rural areas of northern Uganda.

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Knowledge and attitudes of doctors towards e-health use in healthcare delivery in government and private hospitals in Northern Uganda: a cross-sectional study

Cited by 59 publications

References 38 publications

Study of Knowledge, Attitude and Preferences of Primary Health Care Physicians in Saudi Arabia Regarding the Use of Medical Software Applications on their Smartphones

Study of Knowledge, Attitude and Preferences of Primary Health Care Physicians in Saudi Arabia Regarding the Use of Medical Software Applications on their Smartphones

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of E-health among Health Care Providers in Kuwait

Use of information and communication technology and retention of health workers in rural post-war conflict Northern Uganda: findings from a qualitative study

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