Excellence, F.; Mwinyiwiwa, Bakari M. M.
Description:
Access to information holds the key to the
empowerment of everybody despite where they are living. This
research is to be carried out in respect of the people living in
developing countries, considering their plight and complex
geographical, demographic, social-economic conditions
surrounding the areas they live, which hinder access to
information and of professionals providing services such as
medical workers, which has led to high death rates and
development stagnation. Research on Unified
Communications and Integrated Collaborations (UCIC)
system in the health sector of developing countries comes in
to create a possible solution of bridging the digital canyon
among the communities. The system is meant to deliver
services in a seamless manner to assist health workers situated
anywhere to be accessed easily and access information which
will help in service delivery. The proposed UCIC provides the
most immersive telepresence experience for one-to-one or
many-to-many meetings. Extending to locations anywhere in
the world, the transformative platform delivers Ultra-low
operating costs through the use of general purpose networks
and using special lenses and track systems.
The aim is to identify challenges anticipated in the deployment
of the UCIC system in the health sector of developing countries
and recommend possible solutions. These recommendations
once adopted and implemented correctly will bring
enhancement to the speed and quality of services offered by
health workers. The capacities of UCIC will help health
workers shorten decision cycles, accelerate service delivery
and save lives by speeding access to information and by making
it possible for all health workers and patients to collaborate
everywhere.