The challenge of taking baby steps—preliminary insights into telemedicine adoption in Rwanda
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Barriers related to healthcare professionals were mostly related to limited IT readiness, especially in Rwanda and Uganda.
“Barriers related to healthcare professionals were mostly related to the limited IT readiness (Nchise et al., 2012), especially in countries such as Rwanda, Uganda.”
From Telemedicine use in Sub-Saharan Africa: Barriers and policy recommendations for Covid-19 and beyond (2021) · cites this paper as Nchise et al., 2012
In EAC, especially in Rwanda and Uganda, high operational cost for running telemedicine systems is a major financial barrier.
“Our review of the literature showed that high operational cost for running telemedicine systems was a major financial barrier, especially in Rwanda and Uganda (Kiberu et al., 2019a; Nchise et al., 2012).”
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- Authors
- Nchise, A., Boateng, R., Mbarika, V., Saiba, E., & Johnson, O.
- Affiliations
- Southern University System (US)
- University of Ghana (GH)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali (RW)
- Corresponding author
- Nchise, Abinwi
- Venue
- Health Policy and Technology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2012-12
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 207-213
- ISSN
- 2211-8837 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2028265538
- Cited by
- 17
- References
- 11
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 0.58
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Health Policy and Technology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Social Sciences › Demography › Technology Use by Older Adults
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › ICT in Developing Communities
- Keywords
- telehealth adoption, Rwanda, technology readiness, organizational readiness, government readiness, videoconferencing, continuing medical education, participatory education, low-cost technology, strategic partnership, health technology implementation
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