Abstract: Telemedicine is a good educational medium that paves the way for continuing education or medical training for health care providers in isolated rural areas, who may not have the opportunity or time to travel to a big city and participate in professional training programs and workshops. The main objective of the study was to assess the knowledgebase and perception of Telemedicine among health professionals. This study was a non-experimental, descriptive study which employed a simple random sampling technique in selecting 100 health professionals at the Koforidua Regional Hospital in the Eastern region of Ghana. The study concluded that respondents are willing to work with telemedicine should it be introduced and will prefer in-service training as a way of learning new methods. Participants generally had a fair idea of telemedicine. Although, some of health professionals think ICT does not hinder healthcare delivery, the rampant power cut rather slows down the process.
Keywords: Telemedicine, Knowledge, Perception, Information, Healthcare, Communication.
Title: KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION OF TELEMEDICINE AMONG HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AT THE KOFORIDUA REGIONAL HOSPITAL, GHANA
Author: Kojo Osei Frimpong, Samuel Asare, Daniel Kwakye Nomah, Dorothy Oforiwah Antwi-Asante
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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