eHealth and Global Health: Investments Opportunities and Challenges for Industry in Developing Countries

Adesina Iluyemi; Jim Briggs

Electronic Healthcare. First International Conference, eHealth 2008, London, UK, September 8-9, 2008. Revised Selected Papers

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eHealth and Global Health: Investments Opportunities and Challenges for Industry in Developing Countries

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-00413-1_24,
    author={Adesina Iluyemi and Jim Briggs},
    title={eHealth and Global Health: Investments Opportunities and Challenges for Industry in Developing Countries},
    proceedings={Electronic Healthcare. First International Conference, eHealth 2008, London, UK, September 8-9, 2008. Revised Selected Papers},
    proceedings_a={E-HEALTH},
    year={2012},
    month={5},
    keywords={eHealth developing countries investments industry challenges global health},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-642-00413-1_24}
}

Adesina Iluyemi
Jim Briggs
Year: 2012
eHealth and Global Health: Investments Opportunities and Challenges for Industry in Developing Countries
E-HEALTH
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-00413-1_24

Adesina Iluyemi¹^,*, Jim Briggs¹

1: University of Portsmouth

*Contact email: Adesina.iluyemi@port.ac.uk

Abstract

eHealth investments from developed countries to developing countries are expected to follow the emerging trend of eHealth for meeting global health problems. However, eHealth industry from developed countries will need to learn to make this impending venture a ‘win-win’ situation with profitable return on investments. This short paper highlights some of these challenges that must be overcome in order to achieve these objectives.

Keywords: eHealth developing countries investments industry challenges global health

Published: 2012-05-09

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00413-1_24