Abstract: Electronic Health (eHealth) is the transfer of health related resources and health care by electronic means. Considering the fact that, the use of eHealth is continuously being integrated into our healthcare services rendered to patients, it was included in the Ghana National eHealth Strategy that, all health training institutions will include basic practical ICT skills that will equip graduates to be conversant with tools, equipment and systems that support eHealth. The purpose of the study is to examine the knowledge and perception of nursing students towards the use of eHealth and also to evaluate how skilful the student nurse is with respect to the use of eHealth in the delivery of healthcare treatment record keeping. A quantitative descriptive cross-sectional survey design was employed. The study was conducted in the department of nursing of Presbyterian University College, Asante-Akyem Campus located at Agogo in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. A questionnaire was administered to 254 nursing students randomly selected from different levels and used the statistical Package for Social Sciences version 20.0 for the analysis of the collected data. The findings depict that 85% of students had heard about eHealth, 73% had fair knowledge in eHealth. It was also noted that majority had been exposed to eHealth in the education and clinical. However, most students (56.5%) considered themselves not to be competent in eHealth practices. It is highly recommended that the educational sector inculcate eHealth into the curriculum for the integration of IT solutions into healthcare to flow successfully.
Keywords: Electronic Health (eHealth), ICT skills, cross-sectional survey.
Title: Evaluating the Perception of Student Nurses on the Use of It in Electronic Health Delivery: Case of Presbytarian University College – Asante Akyem Agogo
Author: Kojo Osei Frimpong, Samuel Asare, David Otoo-Arthur
International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology Research
ISSN 2348-1196 (print), ISSN 2348-120X (online)
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