Readiness of managers and health care workers for e-Health: a cross-sectional study in Khartoum primary health care centers, Sudan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

e-Health is defined as "the use, in the health sector, of digital data- transmitted, stored and retrieved electronically-for clinical, educational and administrative purposes, both at the local site and at a distance". In Primary health care (PHC), the role of e-Health in promoting PHC systems defines its need to achieve the PHC aims. This literary work aims to study the readiness of managers and healthcare workers for e-Health at Khartoum state PHC centers.

Methods

This was a facility-based cross-sectional study that took place between February and August 2022. A sample size of 327 was calculated, and multistage cluster sampling was used. A validated questionnaire was used, and the generated data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SP

SUBMITTER: Yassen E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10717329 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature