Health professionals' readiness and its associated factors to implement Telemedicine system at private hospitals in Amhara region, Ethiopia 2021.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In resource-limited settings incorporating the Telemedicine system into the healthcare system enhances exchanging valid health information for practicing evidence-based medicine for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases. Despite its great importance, the adoption of telemedicine in low-income country settings, like Ethiopia, was lagging and increasingly failed. Assessing the readiness of health professionals before the actual adoption of telemedicine is considered the prominent solution to tackle the problem. However, little is known about Health professionals' telemedicine readiness in this study setting.

Objective

Accordingly, this study aimed to assess health professionals' readiness and its associated factors to implement a Telemedicine system

SUBMITTER: Wubante SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9522275 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature