The role of new technologies
There have been dramatic developments of new technologies for diagnosis and treatment of disease, which influence the design of health systems. In addition, the rapid changes in information and communication technologies are having a big impact. Providers and users of health services increasingly have access to the mass media, mobile telephones and the internet. They carry health information produced by governments, professions, citizen advocacy groups and private companies. In contrast to 30 years ago, when health professionals were the major source of expert knowledge, people have a variety of sources from which to find information.
Recommended readings
- Improving health, connecting people: the role of ICTs in the health sector of developing countries - a framework paper
- ( A. Chetley; J. Davies; B.| Trude / Infodev , 2006)
- Recommended reading
- This paper, published by Information for Development (infodev), looks at information and communication technology (ICT) interventions in the health sector in developing countries. It argues that ICTs...
- The slow race
- ( M Leach;I Scoones / Demos , 2006)
- This report from the Institute of Development Studies, in the UK, argues that innovations in science and technology to combat poverty should be citizen led, with development and use of technology desi...
- Can the ubiquitous power of mobile phones be used to improve health outcomes in developing countries?
- ( W Kaplan / Globalization and Health , 2006)
- This article published in the journal Globalization and Health investigates the idea that fixed and mobile telephones are, or could be, an effective healthcare intervention in developing countries. Th...
