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Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 2005
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Despite the numerous benefits of Social Media in health, such as reduced costs, greater patient t... more Despite the numerous benefits of Social Media in health, such as reduced costs, greater patient to medical worker and patient to patient interactions, increased access to tailored consultations, and improved chronic disease management among others, there is still laxity by healthcare institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa to adopt this technology. Consequently, patients cannot access medical information easily and in an affordable manner. The failure by healthcare institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa to adopt Social Media may be due to inadequate implementation policies, standards and frameworks among other factors. The existing health technology adoption and implementation frameworks do not address the needs of most of the resource constrained countries such as those in Sub-Saharan Africa. This study proposes to develop a framework that will guide proper adoption of Social Media in health within the Sub-Saharan Africa countries context.
This study proposes to use a mixed research approach in which both qualitative and quantitative research methods will be applied. A survey research design will be implemented by use of questionnaire while case studies will be conducted using interviews with a well designed interview guide. Data will be analyzed and presented using both qualitative and quantitative methods.
Purposive sampling techniques targeting only those respondents relevant to the study shall be used. The respondents will include staff and patients of selected hospitals in three Sub-Saharan Africa countries that will be selected purposively to include at least one country from East Africa, one country from Central Africa and one country from West Africa. The proposed countries include Uganda, Cameroon and Nigeria. One hospital will be selected from each of the participating countries; Mulago hospital, Lagos University Teaching hospital and Mbingo Baptist Hospital will be used from Uganda, Nigeria and Cameroon respectively. A total of sample for both the survey and interview will be 330, 110 coming from each participating hospital.
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Akin is, like many things in cyberspace, an alias. In real life he's 14. He wears Adidas... more Akin is, like many things in cyberspace, an alias. In real life he's 14. He wears Adidas sneakers, a Rolex Submariner watch, and a kilo of gold around his neck. Akin, who lives in Lagos, is one of a new generation of entrepreneurs that has emerged in this city of 15 ...
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One of the motivations for this paper is to enhance our understanding of the interactions that co... more One of the motivations for this paper is to enhance our understanding of the interactions that come to bear between some socio-economic development needs and factors generally innate to sub-Sahara Africa that manifest to impede technological adoption in the region. Developing ...
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International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, 2015
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Investments in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) have been a major issue of concern... more Investments in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) have been a major issue of concern in academia and industry. How much a country should invest in its telecommunications infrastructure so as to improve their levels of teledensity is a major challenge. This research examines investments in the telecommunications sector of low and middle-income developing countries. The findings suggest that increased investment in telecommunications infrastructure without the involvement of other socio-economic factors may not improve growth of teledensity in developing countries. The study, however, suggests a positive relationship between teledensity and other variables such as GDP per capita, telecommunications staff and length of wait times to acquire and maintain telephones. Some strategies are suggested as steps to take in order to improve the teledensity levels of the countries used in this study.
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The study involved a survey of Ugandan small and medium enterprises that develop software on crit... more The study involved a survey of Ugandan small and medium enterprises that develop software on critical factors influencing the adoption of Software Capability Maturity Model. The research examined the software development environment in these Small and Medium Enterprises and the operational tenets of the Software Capability Maturity Modeling in order to establish the critical parameters that should be considered for successful adoption of the Software Capability Maturity Model by small and medium software enterprises. Quantitative data was analyzed using factor analysis to deduce the critical factors on the variables based on the data collected from the field. Linear regression analysis was also done to determine whether there was a significant relationship between adoption of Software Capability Maturity Model and adoption parameters. The key parameters for adoption of the Software Capability Maturity Model were identified as management’s ability to choose appropriate improvement st...
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2007 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'07), 2007
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International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector, 2015
In this paper we examine the diffusion of the Internet in Jamaica through the lens of the Global ... more In this paper we examine the diffusion of the Internet in Jamaica through the lens of the Global Diffusion of the Internet (GDI) framework, which characterizes Internet diffusion along six dimensions: Pervasiveness, Geographical Dispersion, Sectoral Absorption, Connectivity ...
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Journal of Global Information Management, 2000
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Information Systems Journal, 2005
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IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 2000
Abstract To enjoy modern information technology applications for development, such as e-medicine,... more Abstract To enjoy modern information technology applications for development, such as e-medicine, tele-edcuation, e-government, and e-commerce, the engineering management and information systems literature have vastly argued that there exist technological and ...
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European Journal of Information Systems, 2009
1J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA; 2School of Bus... more 1J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA; 2School of Business, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA; 3College of Business, Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA ... Correspondence: Philip Musa, School of Business, ...
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Communications of the ACM, 2005
... Victor W. Mbarika (victor@mbarika.com) is a faculty member in the College of Business at Sout... more ... Victor W. Mbarika (victor@mbarika.com) is a faculty member in the College of Business at Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Peter Meso (pmeso@cis.gsu.edu) is an assistant professor in the College of Business at Georgia State University, Atlanta. ...
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Electronic Commerce is touted as a panacea for business growth and expansion in relation to both ... more Electronic Commerce is touted as a panacea for business growth and expansion in relation to both small and large firms irrespective of their geographical locations. Past research in the area shows that there is an acute lack of theoretical frameworks and empirical evidence to understand how developing country firms realise e-commerce benefits amidst their national constraints. This paper sets out to develop a theoretically abstracted but contextually grounded electronic commerce appropriation and use model for developing ...
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Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 2005
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Despite the numerous benefits of Social Media in health, such as reduced costs, greater patient t... more Despite the numerous benefits of Social Media in health, such as reduced costs, greater patient to medical worker and patient to patient interactions, increased access to tailored consultations, and improved chronic disease management among others, there is still laxity by healthcare institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa to adopt this technology. Consequently, patients cannot access medical information easily and in an affordable manner. The failure by healthcare institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa to adopt Social Media may be due to inadequate implementation policies, standards and frameworks among other factors. The existing health technology adoption and implementation frameworks do not address the needs of most of the resource constrained countries such as those in Sub-Saharan Africa. This study proposes to develop a framework that will guide proper adoption of Social Media in health within the Sub-Saharan Africa countries context.
This study proposes to use a mixed research approach in which both qualitative and quantitative research methods will be applied. A survey research design will be implemented by use of questionnaire while case studies will be conducted using interviews with a well designed interview guide. Data will be analyzed and presented using both qualitative and quantitative methods.
Purposive sampling techniques targeting only those respondents relevant to the study shall be used. The respondents will include staff and patients of selected hospitals in three Sub-Saharan Africa countries that will be selected purposively to include at least one country from East Africa, one country from Central Africa and one country from West Africa. The proposed countries include Uganda, Cameroon and Nigeria. One hospital will be selected from each of the participating countries; Mulago hospital, Lagos University Teaching hospital and Mbingo Baptist Hospital will be used from Uganda, Nigeria and Cameroon respectively. A total of sample for both the survey and interview will be 330, 110 coming from each participating hospital.
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Akin is, like many things in cyberspace, an alias. In real life he's 14. He wears Adidas... more Akin is, like many things in cyberspace, an alias. In real life he's 14. He wears Adidas sneakers, a Rolex Submariner watch, and a kilo of gold around his neck. Akin, who lives in Lagos, is one of a new generation of entrepreneurs that has emerged in this city of 15 ...
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One of the motivations for this paper is to enhance our understanding of the interactions that co... more One of the motivations for this paper is to enhance our understanding of the interactions that come to bear between some socio-economic development needs and factors generally innate to sub-Sahara Africa that manifest to impede technological adoption in the region. Developing ...
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International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, 2015
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Investments in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) have been a major issue of concern... more Investments in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) have been a major issue of concern in academia and industry. How much a country should invest in its telecommunications infrastructure so as to improve their levels of teledensity is a major challenge. This research examines investments in the telecommunications sector of low and middle-income developing countries. The findings suggest that increased investment in telecommunications infrastructure without the involvement of other socio-economic factors may not improve growth of teledensity in developing countries. The study, however, suggests a positive relationship between teledensity and other variables such as GDP per capita, telecommunications staff and length of wait times to acquire and maintain telephones. Some strategies are suggested as steps to take in order to improve the teledensity levels of the countries used in this study.
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The study involved a survey of Ugandan small and medium enterprises that develop software on crit... more The study involved a survey of Ugandan small and medium enterprises that develop software on critical factors influencing the adoption of Software Capability Maturity Model. The research examined the software development environment in these Small and Medium Enterprises and the operational tenets of the Software Capability Maturity Modeling in order to establish the critical parameters that should be considered for successful adoption of the Software Capability Maturity Model by small and medium software enterprises. Quantitative data was analyzed using factor analysis to deduce the critical factors on the variables based on the data collected from the field. Linear regression analysis was also done to determine whether there was a significant relationship between adoption of Software Capability Maturity Model and adoption parameters. The key parameters for adoption of the Software Capability Maturity Model were identified as management’s ability to choose appropriate improvement st...
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2007 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'07), 2007
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International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector, 2015
In this paper we examine the diffusion of the Internet in Jamaica through the lens of the Global ... more In this paper we examine the diffusion of the Internet in Jamaica through the lens of the Global Diffusion of the Internet (GDI) framework, which characterizes Internet diffusion along six dimensions: Pervasiveness, Geographical Dispersion, Sectoral Absorption, Connectivity ...
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Journal of Global Information Management, 2000
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Information Systems Journal, 2005
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IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 2000
Abstract To enjoy modern information technology applications for development, such as e-medicine,... more Abstract To enjoy modern information technology applications for development, such as e-medicine, tele-edcuation, e-government, and e-commerce, the engineering management and information systems literature have vastly argued that there exist technological and ...
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European Journal of Information Systems, 2009
1J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA; 2School of Bus... more 1J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA; 2School of Business, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA; 3College of Business, Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA ... Correspondence: Philip Musa, School of Business, ...
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Communications of the ACM, 2005
... Victor W. Mbarika (victor@mbarika.com) is a faculty member in the College of Business at Sout... more ... Victor W. Mbarika (victor@mbarika.com) is a faculty member in the College of Business at Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Peter Meso (pmeso@cis.gsu.edu) is an assistant professor in the College of Business at Georgia State University, Atlanta. ...
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Electronic Commerce is touted as a panacea for business growth and expansion in relation to both ... more Electronic Commerce is touted as a panacea for business growth and expansion in relation to both small and large firms irrespective of their geographical locations. Past research in the area shows that there is an acute lack of theoretical frameworks and empirical evidence to understand how developing country firms realise e-commerce benefits amidst their national constraints. This paper sets out to develop a theoretically abstracted but contextually grounded electronic commerce appropriation and use model for developing ...
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