Affiliations: [a] Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria | [b] Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
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Address for correspondence: Peter Adebayo Idowu, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Tel.: +234 805 66709464; E-mail: [email protected].
Abstract: To date, information technology (IT) has not been widely adopted in the health sector in the developing countries. Information Technology may bring an improvement on health care delivery systems. It is one of the prime movers of globalization. Information technology infusion is the degree to which a different information technology tools are integrated into organizational activities. This study aimed to know the degree and the extent of incorporation of Information Technology in the Nigerian health sector and derive an IT infusion models for popular IT indicators that are in use in Nigeria (Personal computers, Mobile phones, and the Internet) and subsequently investigates their impacts on the health care delivery system in Nigerian teaching hospitals. In this study, data were collected through the use of questionnaires. Also, oral interviews were conducted and subsequently, the data gathered were analyzed. The results of the analysis revealed that out of the three IT indicators considered, mobile phones are spreading fastest. It also revealed that computers and mobile phones are in use in all the teaching hospitals. Finally in this research, IT infusion models were developed for health sector in Nigeria from the data gathered through the questionnaire and oral interview.
Keywords: Information technology, Internet, infusion model
