Challenges and issues of ICT industry in developing countries based on a case study of the barriers and the potential solutions for ICT deployment in Iran

Ziaie, Pujan

doi:10.1109/iccat.2013.6521973

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“…The theme of access and its subthemes corresponded best to the definition of public-patient readiness (Figure 1), even though the definition of public-patient readiness does not adequately capture some of the components highlighted under the theme and subthemes of access. In most communities in developing countries, especially in the rural areas, local access to ICT equipment and facilities is a challenge [23]. In rural Botswana, it is not uncommon for the only place to have internet connectivity to be government institutions such as public schools, public hospitals, libraries, and post offices.…”

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Development of an eHealth Readiness Assessment Framework for Botswana and Other Developing Countries: Interview Study

Mauco¹,

Scott²,

Mars³

2019

JMIR Med Inform

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Background Electronic health (eHealth) readiness has been defined as the preparedness of health care institutions or communities for the anticipated change brought about by programs related to information and communication technology use. To ascertain the degree of such preparedness, an eHealth readiness assessment (eHRA) is needed. Literature on the existing eHRA frameworks and tools shows high inconsistency in content, definitions, and recommendations, and none have been found to be entirely suitable for assessing eHealth readiness in the context of developing countries. To develop an informed eHRA framework and tools with applicability to Botswana and similar developing countries, insight was sought from a broad spectrum of eHealth key informants in Botswana to identify and inform relevant issues, including those not specifically addressed in available eHRA tools. Objective The aim of this study was to evaluate key informant (local expert) opinions on aspects that need to be considered when developing an eHRA framework suitable for use in developing countries. Methods Interviews with 18 purposively selected key informants were recorded and transcribed. Thematic analysis of transcripts involved the use of an iterative approach and NVivo 11 software. The major themes, as well as subthemes, emerging from the thematic analysis were then discussed and agreed upon by the authors through consensus. Results Analysis of interviews identified four eHealth readiness themes (governance, stakeholder issues, resources, and access), with 33 subthemes and 9 sub-subthemes. A major finding was that these results did not directly correspond in content or order to those previously identified in the literature. The results highlighted the need to perform exploratory research before developing an eHRA to ensure that those topics of relevance and importance to the local setting are first identified and then explored in any subsequent eHRA using a locally relevant framework and stakeholder-specific tools. In addition, seven sectors in Botswana were found to play a role in ensuring successful implementation of eHealth projects and might be targets for assessment. Conclusions Insight obtained from this study will be used to inform the development of an evidence-based eHealth readiness assessment framework suitable for use in developing countries such as Botswana.

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confidence: 99%

Development of an eHealth Readiness Assessment Framework for Botswana and Other Developing Countries: Interview Study

Mauco¹,

Scott²,

Mars³

2019

JMIR Med Inform

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“…ICT solutions, if wisely applied, can increase the success of organizations, the efficiency and transparency of governments [10]. The impact of ICT on enhancing the quality of services and decreasing the overall costs has been the focus of numerous studies in the last two decades [10]. This confirms the importance which covers the ICT on following the evolutionary trends on social, economic and technological aspects.…”

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confidence: 85%

“…The plurality of resources in terms of data, nodes, communication paradigms and smart infrastructures, should coexist in the same space and merges coherently in order to produce knowledge, as the real representation of world needs and behaviors. ICT solutions, if wisely applied, can increase the success of organizations, the efficiency and transparency of governments [10]. The impact of ICT on enhancing the quality of services and decreasing the overall costs has been the focus of numerous studies in the last two decades [10].…”

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Bio-Inspired ICT for Big Data Management in Healthcare

Stefano

Corte

Lió

et al. 2015

Studies in Big Data

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In the future, life and death decisions will depend on having more data and more organized knowledge. These data will overcome traditional scale and dimensions, thus we will need to think about new kind of strategies which involve Information and Communication Technologies. Collect, organize and compute every aspect will be crucial for survival of patients and for healthcare management. Following a bio-inspired approach to ICT, we can relate Big Data and the data intensive computing issues in the future vision of a smart healthcare. The multidimensional approach to comorbidity and the introduction of a social dimension of analysis allow to find out correlations and causality relations between diseases and patients also considering the connectedness and social contagion processes. In this way, we obtain an evolution from data to multiagents through the introduction of personalized medicine in a multilayer architecture.

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“…One likely explanation for this is the absence of ICT-complementary investments in poor nations (Samoilenko & Osei-Bryson, 2008). Another issue is the lack of infrastructure that is necessary to maximize the productive potential of ICT technology (Ziaie, 2013). There are also limitations on human capital in emerging countries, both in terms of quantity and quality.…”

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confidence: 99%

Leapfrogging into knowledge economy: Information and communication technology for human development

Verma¹,

Giri

Debata³

2022

AJIS

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Modern-day economic growth is focused on productivity and innovation, which puts information and technology integral to economic policy issues. In this context, ICT has a significant position as it increases efficiency, promotes information dissemination, and enhances innovation, resulting in a global shift in social and human development processes. The purpose of this research is to examine the significance of ICT diffusion in fostering human development in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries from 2005 to 2019. ICT diffusion is measured using a principal component analysis (PCA)- based composite index that combines telephone, mobile, broadband, and internet usage. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) created Human Development Index (HDI) serves as a proxy for human development. To adjust for any confounding bias, macroeconomic indicators, such as gross domestic product (GDP), inflation, and trade are also included. Utilizing econometric methods robust to cross-sectional dependence (CSD) such as the dynamic common correlated effect (DCCE) estimator, Driscoll-Kraay (DK) regression, and the Dumitrescu-Hurlin (DH) causality test, the study highlights the strong positive relationship between ICT and HDI. In addition, GDP boosts HDI owing to productivity gains. Similarly, trade expansion, in addition to its direct effects, also influences HDI by boosting economic growth. Inflation, on the other hand, has a negative impact on the HDI. Consequently, the study recommends a cohesive setting that unifies ICT with human development in this modern framework.

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Challenges and issues of ICT industry in developing countries based on a case study of the barriers and the potential solutions for ICT deployment in Iran

Cited by 6 publications

References 15 publications

Development of an eHealth Readiness Assessment Framework for Botswana and Other Developing Countries: Interview Study

Development of an eHealth Readiness Assessment Framework for Botswana and Other Developing Countries: Interview Study

Bio-Inspired ICT for Big Data Management in Healthcare

Leapfrogging into knowledge economy: Information and communication technology for human development

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