Abstract:
Abstract
Introduction: Telemedicine has great potential to improve the health care system,
access, quality, and affordability. Despite the fact that Telemedicine is a necessary
tool for health care, implementation in low resource-limited countries islow and 90%of
projects fail with out noteworthy contribution.
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess health professionals' readiness and its
associated factors to implement a Telemedicine system at private hospitals in Amhara
Region, Ethiopia 2021.
Method: Aninstitution-based cross-sectional study supplemented with a qualitative
approach was conducted among 423 health professionals from March to April 2021 in
Amhara Region. A self-administered questionnaire and in-depth interview were
employed to collect the quantitative and qualitative data respectively. The data entry
and analysis were performed by using Epi-info version 7.2 and SPSS version 20
software respectively. Descriptive statistics,bi-variable and multi-variable logistic
regression analyses were undertaken. An adjusted odds ratio
advisable in resource-limited settings.
Keywords:Telemedicine,Readiness,HealthProfessionals,factors
