A Multidisciplinary Remote Healthcare Delivery System to Increase Health Care Access, Pathology Screening, and Treatment in Developing Countries: The Case of Benin

Thierry Oscar Edoh, Pravin Amrut Pawar, Bernd Brügge and Gunnar Teege
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Thierry Oscar Edoh: Technical University of Munich, Germany
Pravin Amrut Pawar: National Institute of Technology Goa, Farmagudi, Ponda, India
Bernd Brügge: Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Gunnar Teege: Bundewehr University Munich, Neubiberg, Germany

International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics (IJHISI), 2016, vol. 11, issue 4, 1-31

Abstract: In this paper, the authors describe a case study of the poor access to healthcare in developing world, case of Benin, a West African developing country. The authors identify problems and the existing obstacles for applying standard Telemedicine and eHealth solutions. The authors particularly describe an adapted multidisciplinary remote care delivery system approach for improving and increasing the use of existing health services as well as the access to healthcare by overcoming some cultural, social, financial, and at least linguistic barriers. The multidisciplinary remote care delivery system integrates traditional practitioners, because most people are more confident with the traditional medicine. The authors further present a practical test which has shown that their approach has the potential to improve the quality and effectiveness of health care in rural and other concerned regions and also increase the accessibility to health care system.

Date: 2016
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