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Towards e-Healthcare Deployment in Nigeria: The Open Issues

  • Jumoke SoyemiEmail author
  • Sanjay Misra
  • Omoregbe Nicholas
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Part of the Communications in Computer and Information Science book series (CCIS, volume 516)

Abstract

Information and communication Technology (ICT) has played vital roles in so many disciplines and it is one ofthe driving forces behind globalization. It has closed the gap in communication as well as enhanced prompt decision making thus accomplishing the United Nation Millennium Development Goals Target 18 which expresses the maximization of the values of advancement in ICT through collaboration with private sectors. Healthcare as a discipline has also embraced this dynamic tool to fashion out what is known as e-health targeted towards improving the health system of the people. Consumers are tired of the usual routine of waiting long hours on queue for appointments; struggling with inconvenient scheduling that deprives them of being fully at work or engaging in productive work. The fact still remains that healthcare system in developing countries has not kept pace with other sectors of the society especially in embracing the power of ICT. This paper reviews the open issues facing the adoption of e-healthcare in Nigeria, highlighting issues that were not discussed in the papers reviewed and giving plausible solutions for its effective adoption and expansion. In addition a model was proposed for e-healthcare adoption in Nigeria.

Keywords

Conventional healthcare e-Healthcare Electronic health record Information and communication Technology Open issues 
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  • Jumoke Soyemi
    • 1
    Email author
  • Sanjay Misra
    • 1
  • Omoregbe Nicholas
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Computer ScienceCovenant UniversityOtaNigeria

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