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Mobile Health Technology Program And Its Cost Effectiveness In Improving Health Service Delivery In Nigeria: A Study Of Dutse Local Government Jigawa, Nigeria

机译:移动医疗技术计划及其在尼日利亚改善医疗服务提供方面的成本效益:Dutse地方政府的研究,尼日利亚吉加瓦

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The topic Mobile Health technology program and Its Cost Effectiveness in Improving Health Service Delivery in Nigeria A study of Dutse Local Government. This study was done under the following objectives 1. To establish the practical use of mobile technology in the health sector of Dutse Local Government; 2. To examine the effectiveness of mobile technology in improving health service delivery in Dutse Local Government; 3. To identify barriers to mobile technology at improving health sector of Dutse Local Government and 4. To determine the relationship between mobile technology and service delivery in the health sector of Dutse Local Government. The study employed crosssectional survey design and data was collected using both open and closed ended questionnaires from a sample size of 450 respondents comprising of the patients, health workers and health system managers. The study established that the practical use of mobile health in the Health Sector of Dutse Local Government included among others healthcare telephone helpline, emergency toll free telephone services and mobile phone technology for recording patient information. The study also revealed that mobile health is an efficient platform in improving healthcare service delivery. However, its potential is not yet fully explored in Dutse Local Government. There were also a number of barriers such as operational cost, lack of knowledge and policies that hindered the smooth implementation of mobile health technology. Furthermore, the study indicated a significant correlation between mobile health technology and service delivery in Dutse Local Government (r=0.985, r<0.000).The study concluded that the underlying barriers to and gaps in scale and sustainability are at present. Ultimately, mobile healthcare services and devices are only effective if adopted by healthcare professionals and patients. The study recommended that Healthcare solution providers must therefore focus on developing products and services that are easy to use by health workers and patient as well, without additional layers of complexity. Healthcare professionals must see clear and immediate benefits from any new device brought to health sector.
机译:尼日利亚移动医疗技术计划及其在改善医疗服务中的成本效益研究。Dutse地方政府研究。这项研究是基于以下目标进行的:1.在Dutse地方政府的卫生部门中建立移动技术的实际使用; 2.审查移动技术在达特塞地方政府改善卫生服务提供方面的有效性; 3.确定在改善德特斯地方政府卫生部门中移动技术的障碍,并4.确定德特斯地方政府卫生部门中移动技术与服务提供之间的关系。该研究采用横断面调查设计,并使用开放式和封闭式调查表收集了数据,样本量为450名受访者,包括患者,卫生工作者和卫生系统经理。该研究确定,达特斯地方政府卫生部门对移动医疗的实际使用包括医疗保健电话求助热线,紧急免费电话服务和用于记录患者信息的移动电话技术。研究还显示,移动医疗是改善医疗服务交付的有效平台。但是,Dutse当地政府尚未充分挖掘其潜力。还存在许多障碍,例如运营成本,缺乏知识和政策,阻碍了移动医疗技术的顺利实施。此外,研究还表明,Dutse地方政府的移动医疗技术与服务提供之间存在显着相关性(r = 0.985,r <0.000)。研究得出的结论是,目前在规模和可持续性方面存在潜在的障碍和差距。最终,移动医疗服务和设备只有在医疗专业人员和患者采用的情况下才有效。该研究建议,医疗保健解决方案提供商必须因此专注于开发易于被医护人员和患者使用的产品和服务,而又不会增加复杂性。医疗保健专业人员必须从带入卫生部门的任何新设备中获得明显而直接的收益。

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