Validation of Mobile Health Conceptual Model for Health Organisation in Nigeria

International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) | Volume VII, Issue VIII, August 2020 | ISSN 2321–2705

Validation of Mobile Health Conceptual Model for Health Organisation in Nigeria

Nathan Nachandiya, Ferdinand Che, O.B Longe
Adamawa State University, Mubi, Nigeria

Abstract: This paper developed and validated a conceptual model for Mobile Health (M-health) adoption in health organizations in Nigeria. The sound knowledge of Readiness and M-health Acceptance among health staff has made developing the M-health conceptual model easy and simple. M-Health implementation is facing a lot of challenges working against its deployment and continuous use. Amongst the factors are: resistance to change by stallholders, lackadaisical attitudes of users of such technology, poor technical support, poor funding by government, epileptic quality of services and lots more. Therefore, there is a need for more effort from the government, stallholders and the entire Caregivers to overcome all the challenges militating against the successful implementation and continuous use of M-health system in Nigeria. The paper proposed, develops and evaluates a sustainable M-health deployment model for health organizations with pre and post-deployment stages. The study also encapsulates all the critical success factors that are essential for a successful deployment of this technology in health organizations in Nigeria.

Keywords: M-health, Conceptual, Model, Sustainability, Framework, Adoption, Deployment.

I. INTRODUCTION

The use of technology has modified the manner in which numerous things are done, its effect even in the health establishments are felt everywhere round the world. This days, technology on plays a substantial role in consulting with patients and reporting health problems. The revolution in information structures aided by way of computer systems and internet has brought about easy and flexible access to health care facilities. This technology has led a few health establishments to integrate M-health into their system whilst others have not(Tuon, Gasparetto, Wollmann, & Moraes, 2017).
The availability of hand held cellular gadgets in form of Smartphones, PDAs and Tablets gave Caregivers the opportunity to get access healthcare facilities whenever and everywhere (Kim, Lee, Hwang, & Yoo, 2016). This cell era is considered novel and the gadgets at the moment are available, inexpensive, effective and easy to use. They make communication easy and flexible between staff, stallholders and even patients in the health organization. (Ndayizigamiye et al., 2018).

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