Health informatics deployment in Nigeria

TLDR

Information and Communication Technology has revolutionized health service delivery and spawned e‑health, e‑learning, e‑commerce, e‑governance, e‑banking, and e‑shopping. The paper examines ICT in Nigeria by focusing on Internet, computing, and telephony indicators. The authors review Nigeria’s health informatics evolution relative to the United Kingdom, identify implementation challenges, and propose potential solutions.

Abstract

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has become a major tool in delivery of health services and has had a revolutionary impact on how we live and perceive the world. ICT has given birth to the contemporary “Es” such as e-learning, e-commerce, e-governance, e-banking, e-shopping and e-health, the primary focus of this paper. In this paper, we discuss ICT in Nigeria with focus on three common ICT indicators: Internet, computing and telephony. We review the past and present state of health informatics in Nigeria, in comparison to the United Kingdom as examples of less developed and developed nations. We also analyse the problems facing successful implementation of health informatics in Nigeria and suggest possible solutions.