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dc.contributor.authorWynn, Rolf
dc.contributor.authorKwabia, Eric
dc.contributor.authorOsei-Bonsu, Felix
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-24T11:44:02Z
dc.date.available2017-01-24T11:44:02Z
dc.date.issued2016-11-15
dc.description.abstractWhile most people in the West have had easy access to the Internet for some time [1], with the dissemination of smart phones with Internet access this is now also rapidly becoming the case in West Africa [2]. Until recently, provider-patient communication has typically taken the form of face-toface interactions or telephone calls [3]. In Africa, the Internet and especially the social media are now gathering importance as platforms for provider-patient communication and sources of health information [4]. <p>Methods:</p> We describe findings from two recent studies on use of the Internet for health purposes carried out in Accra, the capital of Ghana. In one study, we gathered data from 363 students at the First University [5]. In another study, we obtained data from 95 health workers at a 400-bed teaching hospital. <p>Results and discussion:</p> 44.4% of the students used social media and email to communicate with health workers [5]. 72.6% of the health workers used smartphones to communicate with their patients, and 26.3% used various apps including social media to interact with patients. This could suggest that using the Internet for provider-patient interaction has become more common in Ghana than it is in the West [6], but more research is needed to confirm and explain this hypothesis.en_US
dc.descriptionThe document is an conference abstract for the European Telemedicine Conference 2016, Oslo 15-16 November. <br> This abstract is also available at <a href=" dx.doi.org/10.5334/ijic.2598"> dx.doi.org/10.5334/ijic.2598</a>en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1401261
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.2598
dc.identifier.issn1568-4156
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/10207
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherEuropean Telemedicine Conference (ETC)en_US
dc.relationInternational Journal of Integrated Care 2016, 16(5)
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Helsefag: 800::Helsetjeneste- og helseadministrasjonsforskning: 806en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800::Health service and health administration research: 806en_US
dc.subjectinterneten_US
dc.subjectsocial mediaen_US
dc.subjectprovider-patient interactionen_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.titleInternet-based provider-patient communication in Ghana: recent findingsen_US
dc.typeConference objecten_US
dc.typeKonferansebidragen_US


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