Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Nigeria: Telehealth Takes Centre Stage at Cto 2008 Trade Expo - AllAfrica.com

Emeka AginamLagos

As the 18th edition of the greatest West African ICT trade exhibition and conference, Computer Technology and Office Equipment, CTO 2008 trade exhibition with the theme, A World without Borders" drew to a close, last hebdomad in Lagos with a paradigm displacement on telemedicine to supply medical attention over distance.

Experts at the event were worried, saying that except adequate medical substructures were set in place, the state might go on to dawdle behind in the usage of engineering to present wellness attention services as obtained in the developed economies.

Speaker after talker at the exhibition which provided local companies representing or working with U.S. providers and makers of computers, telecommunications and business office equipment an chance to show window the very best of American technology, equipment and services available in Federal Republic Of Federal Republic Of Federal Republic Of Nigeria for the sub-region, noted that telecom operators and the authorities must pay peculiar to edifice of fibre eye substructures across the state so as to accomplish effectual medical wellness attention synergistic video.

For bulk of talkers at the capacity edifice trade exhibition that attracted no fewer than 40 exhibitioners and one thousands of participants, especially the people which were also portion of the focus, physical hurting and having to pass hours in a auto or airplane because the nighest medical specializer is 100s of statute miles away should not have got been a thing of the past if the right engineerings were set in topographic point by authorities of different states of the world, including Nigeria which have woke up in this direction.

For one thing, talkers at the yearly trade exhibition believed that with adequate substructures set in place, there would be improved wellness attention bringing through better diagnosis, better mapping of public wellness threats, better preparation and sharing of cognition among wellness workers and supporting wellness workers in primary healthcare, particularly rural healthcare, among others.

The system which lets doctors and wellness attention specializers to diagnose and handle patients over distances - whether that span is across a street, a city, a part or an ocean, should be well embraced by Nigeria in order to accomplish the Millennium Development Goals, (MDGs)

Telehealth, if taken serious by authorities of developing economies, experts at the 2008 said, could traveling a long manner in forestall uncomfortable delays, high travel disbursals and household separation by bringing specialised medical attention directly to the people who necessitate it.

"The hereafter of e_health is here. We have got already started the process. The procedure in the pipeline. With time, the right substructures would be built.

It is a substance of clip Telemedicine typically affects doctors using synergistic picture and/or store-and-forward consultations to handle patients. Interactive picture lets medical specializers to directly pass on with their patients who are in another location, using telecasting monitoring devices and specially adapted equipment. Store-and-Forward techniques include doctors sending pictures, x-rays, and other patient information directly to the computing machine of a specialist.

After reviewing that information, the specializer then directs the diagnosing back to the local doctor, who handles the patients and supplies follow-up care" success of the yearly trade exhibition for many old age told the participants at the event which have continued to expose the Nigerian ICT industry to the planetary market.

According to Agu who have been very passionate about young person authorization using digital tools, for Federal Republic Of Federal Republic Of Federal Republic Of Federal Republic Of Federal Republic Of Federal Republic Of Nigeria to last as 21st century cognition economy, telehealth is very imperative, adding that Nigeria can make it well given the right substructure which have been a challenge to many of the development economies.

For Dr Adabola Daramola of Society for Telemedicine and ehealth in Nigeria , e_health solutions are being increasingly proposed as an reply to the many wellness system direction jobs and wellness demands faced by wellness organisations in developing societies like Nigeria .

"Application of e_health and telemedicine tools and services in Nigeria's wellness system will ensue into bringing of online medical content toward the version of generic e_commerce solutions to the processing of wellness related administrative dealing and logistical support of clinical tasks" he said.

While advising the Nigerian authorities on investment in e_health, he was very optimistic that Nigeria will not be left behind in the current paradigm displacement given the sort of attending the system is receiving now. In an hr unrecorded presentation on how e_health actually works, Dr Capital Of Texas Egbunike, President/ Managing Director f Nigerian International Franchise Association, (NIFA), noted without mincing words that e_health may not work out well in unless adequate fibre eye substructure are built across the nation.

"That is the best manner to achieve. But Federal Republic Of Nigeria is a rich and vivacious economy. We can make it. We are getting there. By that time, there will be improved information flowing between the wellness workers and the general publics, better chances for wellness services interventions, including patient information, synergistic communications, mass media approaches, wellness research, advocacy to better services among others" he added.

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For one thing, the yearly conference and exhibition afforded determination shapers and though leadership to critically analyze promotions so far achieved the Nigerian ICT sector said to be the toast of the international community.

The event have been held for up to 18 old age as United States Commercial Service/ Nigerian enterprise to hike additional isobilateral trade exchange between United States providers , manufacturers, and people including their Nigerian counterparts.

The event, over the years, have witnessed the engagement of many indigenous Nigerian companies including Brian Integrated Systems Limited, boosters of Balog Technologies, Beta Computers, Zinox Computers, Omatek Computers, Linkserve, Inlak Computers, Palette Computers, and a figure of Nigerian banks, including Fidelity, Zenith, UBA, Oceanic, and many others.

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