Envisioning a National e-Medicine Network Architecture in a Developing Country: A Case Study

Fikreyohannes Lemma, Mieso K. Denko, Joseph K. Tan and Samuel Kinde Kassegne
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Fikreyohannes Lemma: Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Mieso K. Denko: University of Guelph, Canada
Joseph K. Tan: Wayne State University, USA
Samuel Kinde Kassegne: San Diego State University, USA

International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics (IJHISI), 2008, vol. 3, issue 1, 44-62

Abstract: Poor infrastructures in developing countries such as Ethiopia and much of Sub-Saharan Africa have caused these nations to suffer from lack of efficient and effective delivery of basic and extended medical and healthcare services. Often, such limitation is further accompanied by low patient-doctor ratios, resulting in unwarranted rationing of services. Apparently, e-medicine awareness among both governmental policy makers and private health professionals is motivating the gradual adoption of technological innovations in these countries. It is argued, however, that there still is a gap between current e-medicine efforts in developing countries and the existing connectivity infrastructure leading to faulty, inefficient and expensive designs. The particular case of Ethiopia, one such developing country where e-medicine continues to carry significant promises, is investigated and reported in this article.

Date: 2008
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