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Challenges and Hurdles of eHealth Implementation in Developing Countries
Authors
H.F. Mandirola Brieux, J.H. Bhuiyan Masud, S. Kumar Meher, V. Kumar, F. Portilla, S. Indarte, D. Luna, C. Otero, P. Otero, F. González Bernaldo de Quirós
Health informatics has the potential to improve the security and quality of patient care, but its impact has varied between developed and developing countries. Related to this, the objective of this study is to identify the challenges and hurdles to improve eHealth in developing countries. We surveyed experts to discover their opinions about five general questions: economic support by Government for eHealth, Government education or training projects in the field, issues related to cultural or educational problems for the implementation of eHealth, policies in terminology or messaging standards and eHealth status policies for long periods. The respondents answered affirmatively in these proportions: 1. Economic support policies 58%, 2. Training policies 25%, 3. Cultural and educational problems 95%, 4. Standards policies, 38%, 5. Policies for long periods, 50% Conclusion: Our survey has shown that the important problems that need to be addressed in order to implement e-Health in developing countries are firstly, cultural and educational, secondly, economic resources and thirdly policies for long periods.
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