ICT knowledge, utilization and perception among healthcare providers at National Hospital Abuja, Nigeria (original) (raw)
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healthcare providers at National Hospital Abuja, Nigeria
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Background: Healthcare system in Nigeria is moving towards digitalization especially in the management of patients' health information, with a view to harmonizing medical care practice for improved healthcare quality. Information and communication technology (ICT) has transformed the way people collaborate, identify potential collaborators or friends, communicate with each other, and identify information that is relevant to their practice. Rationale: Thus, ICT has been identified as one measure to ensure these emerging trends in the Nation's healthcare systems. Design/objectives: This study deployed a cross-sectional structured questionnaire to determine ICT knowledge and utilization among healthcare providers at National Hospital Abuja (n=271). Methods: We devised stratified random sampling in the recruitment of participants. Result: It was found that profession, possession of a laptop computer, age and sex were associated with knowledge, utilization and perception of ICT. Most participants were advanced in the use of electronic mail (51.8%) and the Internet (47.1%) mostly acquired through self-efforts (46.5%). However, a greater portion of the participants exhibited poor knowledge of database management (47.8%) and statistical analysis package (46.3%). The vast majority have used computer (95.0%) and the Internet (93.6%) for more than 3 years and many (86.2 percent) expressed a desire for further ICT training. Virtually, all participants in this study opined that ICT will improve medical care quality but some anticipated concerns over medical confidentiality as ICT becomes widely adopted in the country's healthcare systems. Aside their poor skill in database design and statistical analysis software, healthcare providers at National Hospital, Abuja possessed good knowledge and disposition towards ICT especially for the enhancement of their professional practice and for public health quality improvement. They indicated interest in further ICT training in order to enhance their information sources for an improved practice. It would be worthwhile to enrich their sources of information in order to improve public health.
The onset of revolutionary change in information communication technology in Nigeria is less than a decade ago. The impact has been notable in several aspects of the social life of the nation. However, the impact on the health care system of the country is still poorly documented. The main objective of this study is to assess the impact of current improvement in information communication technology (ICT) on health care delivery in Nigeria. Structured questionnaire were administered to survey the opinions of certain medical staff of three tertiary health care institutions. Information regarding the use and impact of ICT on tertiary health care delivery and the commitment of the hospital management/government to promote an ICT-enhanced health care system were retrieved, analyzed and discussed.
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The accessibility and utilization of e-healthcare services in Nigeria is very low thus, the need to improveon the application Information Communication Technology (ICT) in healthcare delivery in Nigerian hospitals is very essential. E-health is the application of information communication technology in health care management. ICT application in health sector will promote healthcare services support, improve monitoring of patients' conditions, improve adequate storage of patients' records, time saving, increase resources and aid referral system, ensure reduction in medical error and so on. However, most of the Nigerian hospitals still operate on paper-based healthcare delivery system despite the challenges of meeting increasingly demands of citizens who are in need of medical attention due to the large population. Many factors contribute to the poor state of ICT in medical sector of Nigeria, such as epileptic power supply, Illiteracy, high cost of ICTs equipment, lack of clear-cut law and policy, lack of expertise, corruption and so on. This paper adopts a doctrinal method of research which involves the use of primary and secondary sources of materials such as statutes, online publications, text books, articles, online dissertation and so on. However, this work concludes that the dream of ICT drive in health sector will be realizable in Nigeria if the present and subsequentgovernment can reduce corruption, improve national infrastructures, especially in the areas of e-health technology and electricity.
There is a lack of effective health information management systems in Nigeria due to the prevalence of cumbersome paper-based and disjointed health data management systems. This can make informed healthcare decision making diffi cult. This study examined the information technology (IT) skills, utilisation and training needs of Nigerian health information management professionals. We deployed a cross-sectional structured questionnaire to determine the IT skills and training needs of health information management professionals who have leadership roles in the nation’s healthcare information systems (n=374). It was found that ownership of a computer, level of education and age were associated with knowledge and perception of IT. The vast majority of participants (98.8%) acknowledged the importance and relevance of IT in healthcare information systems and many expressed a desire for further IT training, especially in statistical analysis. Despite this, few (8.1 %) worked in settings where such systems operate and there exists an IT skill gap among these professionals which is not compatible with their roles in healthcare information systems. To rectify this anomaly they require continuing professional development education, especially in the areas of health IT. Government intervention in the provision of IT infrastructure in order to put into practice a computerised healthcare information system would therefore be a worthwhile undertaking. Key words (MeSH): Health Information Management; Health Information Technology, Electronic Health Records; Health Services; Nigeria.
THE IMPACT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY KNOWLEDGE ON HEALTH
Simeon F. Umoru, 2024
The ICT plays a critical impact in improving healthcare for individuals and communities. The doctors, patients, hospitals, and laboratories connect with the help of ICT. It also improves the Healthcare Research Analysis. With the use of Artificial Intelligence, it can reduce medical errors. ICT also plays a critical impact in Healthcare Education, not only for the students but also the doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals can take its maximum utilization. ICT also create impact in quick and fast access to patient information for treatment, technology transfer and building capacity to healthcare, quality medical service and solution to healthcare management system. Telemedicine plays a vital impact in this covid-19 pandemic. It gives the benefit of accessing medical patients in remote locations quickly and more conveniently. It gives accessibility and availability to the public from the comfort of being at home. In telemedicine, we can use the video conferencing service by which the patient can talk to a doctor who may be thousand miles away from him. So, this is the healthcare innovation which improves Remote Patients Monitoring. The situation in Nigeria's hospitals as depicted observed by many is worrying. The quality of medical care services available in the Federal Medical hospitals in Nigeria is worrisome and of concern to everyone. Evidences in data analysis have shown that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skill has positive impact on several professional output including medical service. It is believed that ICT proficiency of medical practitioners could contribute to a higher quality of medical care services. This study therefore examined the impact of information communication and technology knowledge in health. The study employed the numerical and qualitative research philosophy, adopted the survey and case study research strategies, the cross-sectional and qualitative research designs. The study sample covered 120 respondents spread across public hospitals in Abuja, FCT, all located in the North Central Region of Nigeria. In the collection of primary data, the researcher took cognizance of ethnic consideration regarding the confidentiality of data and protection of respondents' trust. The study used the descriptive and inferential statistics of Chi-Square (X 2) were used in data analyses. The finding revealed there is significant impact of ICT Knowledge of patient quick and fast access to medical data. It will make patient to have fast access to their medical records at no long time. Even at patient emergency point, it make fast access to their record. There is significant impact of ICT Knowledge on technology transfer and capacity building to healthcare. It help in document transfer, Medication Administration, clinical support system and Dietary Management. There is significant impact of ICT knowledge on quality of medical service. The utilization of ICT or ehealth tools such as health information systems, websites, and electronic health records medical databases by health professionals will facilitate the following benefits as identified: improve the efficiency of health systems; enable remote consultation diagnosis and treatment through telemedicine etc. there is impact of ICT knowledge on solution to healthcare management system. The system helps the Doctor to continuously monitor the patient's history, diagnostic report, and track the current health condition.