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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... 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.
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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Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Technology, Digital Divide, and 14 moreEducation, Educational Technology, Computer Science Education, Information Society, Technology Management, Computer Literacy, Information and Communication technology, Capacity Building, Gender Discrimination, Gender Equity, Resource Management, IT Education, Sub Saharan Africa, and Public Policy
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... 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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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... 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 critical factors influencing the adoption of Software Capability Maturity Model. The research examined the software development environment in... 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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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... 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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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... 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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Engineering, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Telecommunications, Spine, and 14 moreEconomic Development, Information and Communication technology, Information Technology Infrastructure Library, Investment, Developing Economies, Foreign Investment, Developing nations, Telephony, Government Policies, Communications Technology, Internet, E Commerce, Exploratory Study, and Information System
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:... 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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Information Systems, Information Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Information Management, and 19 moreHealth Information Systems, Case Studies, Management Science, Business Information Systems, Accounting Information Systems, Computer and Information Technology, Developing Country, Business and Management, Information Systems Management, Business Model, Information Infrastructure, European, Information Management System, Information Systems Technology, Computer Information Systems, Strategic Information Systems, Geographic Information Systems, Soft System Methodology, and Information System
... 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... 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 small and large firms irrespective of their geographical locations. Past research in the area shows that there is an acute lack of... 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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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... 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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Abstract: The malaise of electronic spam mail that solicit illicit partnership using bogus business proposals (popularly called 419 mails) remained unabated on the internet despite concerted efforts. In addition to these are the emergence... more
Abstract: The malaise of electronic spam mail that solicit illicit partnership using bogus business proposals (popularly called 419 mails) remained unabated on the internet despite concerted efforts. In addition to these are the emergence and prevalence of phishing scams that use social engineering tactics to obtain online access codes such as credit card number, ATM pin numbers, bank account details, social security number and other personal information (22). In an age where dependence on electronic transaction is on the increase ...
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Abstract: Prior IS research has provided valuable insight on technology adoption and use which is critical in deriving the benefits of information technology. These studies have utilized theories such as Technology Acceptance Model,... more
Abstract: Prior IS research has provided valuable insight on technology adoption and use which is critical in deriving the benefits of information technology. These studies have utilized theories such as Technology Acceptance Model, Theory of Reason Action, and Technological determinism model to investigate technology adoption. This paper continues in this line of research by evaluating the perspectives of investigating the concept of e-participation within the framework of the Planned Behavioral Theory an extension to the ...
∗The University of Alabama at Birmingham Southern University-Baton Rouge-LA. Georgia State University This paper is posted at AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2006 /54 ... Proceedings of the Twelfth Americas... more
∗The University of Alabama at Birmingham Southern University-Baton Rouge-LA. Georgia State University This paper is posted at AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2006 /54 ... Proceedings of the Twelfth Americas Conference on Information Systems, ...
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Research with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), a major region within the world's second largest continent, is almost non-existent in mainstream information systems research. Although infrastructures for information and... more
Research with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), a major region within the world's second largest continent, is almost non-existent in mainstream information systems research. Although infrastructures for information and communication technology (ICT) are well established in the more developed and industrialized parts of the world, the same is not true for developing countries. Research on developing countries has been rare in mainstream IS and, even where existent, has often overlooked the particular situation of ...
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African Studies, Globalization, Africa, ICT, International Migration, and 17 moreOnline Education, Information and Communication technology, Urbanization, Research Agenda, Developing Country, Information and Communication Technologies, Iron, Socioeconomic Development, Least Developed Countries, Information Systems Research, IS research, Economic Restructuring, Sub Saharan Africa, Urban and Economic Development In Developing Countries, E Commerce, Electronic Commerce, and AI & Society
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Organizational Learning, Social Interaction, Learning Development, Knowledge sharing, Organizational Development, and 7 moreBusiness and Management, Learning Organizations, Learning Organization, Design Methodology, Learning and development people in organizations, Worldwide Web, and Information System
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Telemedicine is the use of communication networks to exchange medical information for providing healthcare services and medical education from one site to another. The application of telemedicine is more promising in economically... more
Telemedicine is the use of communication networks to exchange medical information for providing healthcare services and medical education from one site to another. The application of telemedicine is more promising in economically developing countries with agrarian societies. The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) identifies three healthcare services: clinical medical services, health and medical education, and consumer health information. However, it is not clear how these services can be adopted by different sectors: public and private. This paper looks at four Indian case studies, two each in public and private sectors to understand two research questions: Are there differences in telemedicine adoption between public and private hospitals. If there are differences: What are the differences in telemedicine adoption between public and private sectors? Authors have used the extant literature in telemedicine and healthcare to frame theoretical background, describe the research se...
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Undergraduate education in the United States has been repeatedly criticized for failing to develop students' higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills necessary for success in an information and technology-based economy.... more
Undergraduate education in the United States has been repeatedly criticized for failing to develop students' higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills necessary for success in an information and technology-based economy. According to Katajavouri, Lindblom-Ylanne, and Hirovonen (2006), it is important for people to continuously update their own knowledge and to apply that knowledge to work situations. Therefore, unlike the traditional lecture-based classroom, students need to be given the opportunity to not only recall information, but also to apply that knowledge to authentic situations in an effort to prepare them for their roles in the workforce. It is the responsibility of educators to offer students the opportunities to develop and hone their higherorder thinking and problem-solving skills. In recent years, the use of multimedia instructional materials, particularly in the form of multimedia case studies, to convey real-world technical concepts and applications such a...
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Information Technology, Educational Technology, Medical Education, Human Resource, Learning Style, and 19 moreEducation Research, National Science Foundation, Higher Order Thinking, Problem Solving, Organization and delivery of healthcare, Descriptive Statistics, Wireless Technology, Case Study, United States, Communication Skill, Management Information System, Student Learning, Undergraduate Education, Online Community, Theory and Practice, Spectrum, Community Networks, Course Management System, and Higher Order Cognitive Skills
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) lags behind the rest of the world in education. Less than 25% of qualified high school graduates in this region won’t make it to the university level, mainly because most countries within the region have fewer... more
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) lags behind the rest of the world in education. Less than 25% of qualified high school graduates in this region won’t make it to the university level, mainly because most countries within the region have fewer than three universities. Furthermore, alternatives to universities, such as two-year colleges and training programs, are usually concentrated in urban areas away from the rural population. Hence, as reported in Global Education Digest (2006), one out of every 16 students from the SSA region goes abroad for college. In addition, the lack of access to books, libraries, and up-to-date classroom materials presents a dire situation for post-secondary education systems in SSA. In this study we investigate the case of the African Virtual University, a wide spread TeleEducation initiative in Kenya
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... Year 2007 Global Diffusion on the Internet: The Case of Uganda Moses Niwe Victor Mbarika Stockholm University Kibily Samake Micheal Niyitegeka Louisiana State University Makerere University This paper is posted at AIS Electronic... more
... Year 2007 Global Diffusion on the Internet: The Case of Uganda Moses Niwe Victor Mbarika Stockholm University Kibily Samake Micheal Niyitegeka Louisiana State University Makerere University This paper is posted at AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). ... Victor Mbarika, Ph. ...
To offer a systematic review of the body of literature in the emerging field of telemedicine in the management of acute-phase injuries. We conducted a literature review. Telemedicine has only recently been applied to the specialties of... more
To offer a systematic review of the body of literature in the emerging field of telemedicine in the management of acute-phase injuries. We conducted a literature review. Telemedicine has only recently been applied to the specialties of trauma, emergency care, and surgery. The potential benefits of telemedicine include a decrease in travel expenses, enhanced continuity of care, and increased access to specialized consultants in medically underserved and rural areas. There still exist barriers to the use of teletechnologies in medicine that limit their wider adoption. Poor infrastructure, limited equipment availability, and insufficient access to training and education for medical personnel have prevented wider use.
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Biomedical Engineering, Information Management, Telemedicine, Library and Information Studies, Humans, and 8 moreUnited States, Hospital Information Systems, Extreme Environments, Public health systems and services research, Prognosis, Wounds and Injuries, Continuity of Patient Care, and Acute Disease
Jennifer Decruz Owen Allan 1 , Narainee Rambajun 2 , Sanjay P. Sood 3 , Victor Mbarika 4 , ... Rajeev Agrawal 5 and Zia Saquib 6 ... 1,2,3 C-DAC School of Advanced Computing (University of Mauritius), Quatre-Bornes, MAURITIUS 4 Southern... more
Jennifer Decruz Owen Allan 1 , Narainee Rambajun 2 , Sanjay P. Sood 3 , Victor Mbarika 4 , ... Rajeev Agrawal 5 and Zia Saquib 6 ... 1,2,3 C-DAC School of Advanced Computing (University of Mauritius), Quatre-Bornes, MAURITIUS 4 Southern University and A&M College, Baton ...
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Abstract The safety and quality of healthcare is of great concern in the United States. Hospital administrators, healthcare providers, and healthcare delivery systems all strive to provide safe and quality care for patients in complex... more
Abstract The safety and quality of healthcare is of great concern in the United States. Hospital administrators, healthcare providers, and healthcare delivery systems all strive to provide safe and quality care for patients in complex environments. Many have suggested ...