Assessing the Knowledge, Practice, and Attitudes of Healthcare Workers on E-Health Systems in Oshakati District, Namibia

Abstract

The study aimed to assess healthcare workers’ knowledge, practice, and attitudes on e-Health systems in Oshakati district. There were 56 healthcare workers from different health facilities (Ekamba clinic, Ongwediva Health Center, Eluwa clinic, Oshakati state hospital - PHC) Oshakati district. The educational backgrounds of many healthcare workers regarding electronic health are little in many developing countries. Many healthcare professionals in the health industry find it difficult to use and it takes time for them to adapt to the e-health systems and thus contributing to ignorance behaviors, which leads to digitized data discrepancy. e-Health in developing countries are challenging, as there are no sufficient funds to keep such developments (e-Health systems) running and active all the time. Conclusively Limited power and internet connectivity is accessible in developing countries’ rural areas. The aim of the study was to assess the knowledge, practice, and attitudes of healthcare workers on e-Health systems. The study design for this study was a cross-sectional study design that falls under descriptive studies. The sample size consisted of 56 respondents from 5 different health facilities in Oshakati district. A simple random sampling method was used, and quantitative method which is a self-administered questionnaire was used as a data collection tool.