Abstract
Electronic Health (E-health), is defined as the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in health systems. A well-working health system is an essential necessity for people. E-health can change the World in all developed and developing countries. In this paper, we focused on healthcare problems, challenges, and opportunities in Afghanistan. Currently, Afghanistan has no E-health system as the whole health system is the paper based. We conducted this study in several hospitals to identify the most typical challenges for developing E-health system in Afghan context. While most challenges are quite similar to those of developing countries, we found some specific of Afghanistan. Also we discussed some opportunities for e-health in Afghanistan.
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Challenges and Opportunities in eHealth: The Afghan Scenario
Electronic Health (E-health), is defined as the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in health systems. A well-working health system is an essential necessity for people. E-health can change the World in all developed and developing countries. In this paper, we focused on healthcare problems, challenges, and opportunities in Afghanistan. Currently, Afghanistan has no E-health system as the whole health system is the paper based. We conducted this study in several hospitals to identify the most typical challenges for developing E-health system in Afghan context. While most challenges are quite similar to those of developing countries, we found some specific of Afghanistan. Also we discussed some opportunities for e-health in Afghanistan.
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Samadzai, A., Tomberg, V. & Lamas, D., (2015). Challenges and Opportunities in eHealth: The Afghan Scenario. In D. Vogel, X. Guo, C. Barry, M. Lang, H. Linger, & C. Schneider (Eds.), Information Systems Development: Transforming Healthcare through Information Systems (ISD2015 Proceedings). Hong Kong, SAR: Department of Information Systems. ISBN: 978-962-442-393-8. http://aisel.aisnet.org/isd2014/proceedings2015/HealthcareIS/1.