Research Article
e-Health for Rural Areas in Developing Countries: Lessons from the Sebokeng Experience
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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-29093-0_18, author={Massimiliano Masi and Rosario Pugliese and Francesco Tiezzi}, title={e-Health for Rural Areas in Developing Countries: Lessons from the Sebokeng Experience}, proceedings={e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries. Third International ICST Conference, AFRICOMM 2011, Zanzibar, Tanzania, November 23-24, 2011, Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={AFRICOMM}, year={2012}, month={5}, keywords={e-Health systems in developing countries information security healthcare technology standards e-Health experiences}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-29093-0_18} }
- Massimiliano Masi
Rosario Pugliese
Francesco Tiezzi
Year: 2012
e-Health for Rural Areas in Developing Countries: Lessons from the Sebokeng Experience
AFRICOMM
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29093-0_18
Abstract
We report the experience gained in an e-Health project in the Gauteng province, in South Africa. A Proof-of-Concept of the project has been already installed in 3 clinics in the Sebokeng township. The project is now going to be applied to 300 clinics in the whole province. This extension of the Proof-of-Concept can however give rise to security flaws because of the inclusion of rural areas with unreliable Internet connection. We address this problem and propose a safe solution.
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