Medical information systems: a foundation for healthcare technologies in developing countries

Medical information systems: A foundation for healthcare technologies in developing countries

Background Economic disadvantages in developing countries have resulted in health care per capita spending that is almost two orders of magnitude lower than in developed countries [1]. In addition, tertiary-care hospitals in developing countries typically consume a large proportion of overall health care spending, and less than a quarter of government spending is devoted to public health measur...

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Communication Technologies for Health Care Information Systems in Developing Countries

Wireless communication systems are considered a favourable information infrastructure for many developing countries, because they are easier and cheaper to introduce and to maintain, especially in remote and less developed areas. In this paper we present the application analysis of a distributed health care information system in Tanzania, and study which wireless communication technologies are ...

Bureau Management Technologies and Information Systems in Developing Countries

This study focuses on bureau management technologies and information systems in developing countries. Developing countries use such systems which facilitate executive and organizational functions through the utilization of bureau management technologies and provide the executive staff with necessary information. The concepts of data and information differ from each other in developing countries...

Appropriate information-communications technologies for developing countries.

Many of the solutions to global health problems exist, but are not applied. This is called the “know–do” gap: the gap between what is known and what is done in practice.1 However, it is not enough that “someone, somewhere” knows about best practices; it is also essential that the very people who are dealing with health problems know what to do. Ironically, regions of the world with the least re...