Improving healthcare efficiency and reliability in Tanzania with mobile devices
Budde, Joonas (2021)
2021
Master's Programme in Human-Technology Interaction
Informaatioteknologian ja viestinnän tiedekunta - Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
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Hyväksymispäivämäärä
2021-06-01
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202105265488
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202105265488
Tiivistelmä
Mobile device adoption has been well accepted in personal life, different work sectors, and states regardless of the infrastructure. The devices enable access to various services and data irrespective of the user location, be it from the cloud or preloaded on the device. These devices will bring solutions to healthcare problems in low resource environments. The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the capabilities of mobile devices in healthcare work in the conditions of Tanzanian healthcare, and how they could be implemented in the system in a sustainable way.
This thesis presents mobile devices in the context of Tanzania. We examine the requirements of telemedicine implementation with sub-Saharan African examples, and how Tanzania is prepared to handle them in terms of limitations and possibilities. Based on our examination in this thesis implementing a cost optimized project with testing and pilot phases could lead to transferable telemedicine data gathering systems in environments where resources are limited. Constant monitoring and training of the healthcare staff, its workflow, and systems will determine the feasibility of the implemented system.
This thesis presents mobile devices in the context of Tanzania. We examine the requirements of telemedicine implementation with sub-Saharan African examples, and how Tanzania is prepared to handle them in terms of limitations and possibilities. Based on our examination in this thesis implementing a cost optimized project with testing and pilot phases could lead to transferable telemedicine data gathering systems in environments where resources are limited. Constant monitoring and training of the healthcare staff, its workflow, and systems will determine the feasibility of the implemented system.