EXPLORING THE GAINS OF ZOOMING IN TELEMEDICINE COMMUNICATIONS IN NIGERIA

Ezema, Louis Chidi and Nwosu, Michael Onwumelu (2019) EXPLORING THE GAINS OF ZOOMING IN TELEMEDICINE COMMUNICATIONS IN NIGERIA. IMSU JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION STUDIES, 3 (1). pp. 36-45. ISSN 2682-6321

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Abstract

The introduction of mobile phones in Nigeria in the year 2000 was a big shift from the constraints of the traditional media of mass communication in the key areas of reach, accuracy and speed. There have been reformations in the mobile telephony so much that it has established a strong root as an integral aspect of ICTs empowered by Federal Government of Nigeria in 2007 to transfer between a doctor and a sick person, health information for purposes of consultation, diagnosis, treatment and health check in a programme known as telemedicine. The Zoom application of the mobile phone has made it possible for video interaction between the doctor and his patient thus giving a boost to this telemedicine practice. This work anchored on technological determinism theory and technology acceptance model (TAM) studied the extent the zoom technology can promote health care in Nigeria, extent the people will accept the technology and the problems that might raise from its use. Interview and Library research techniques were used. The researchers found out that Zoom application in spite of its limitations can be relied upon as a support for conventional face-to-face physical content of medical examination and treatment: that it may take a little while before Nigerians embrace the Zoom Application fully as a result of adjustment to a new innovation and in line with the theories used. The challenges of Zoom Application in telemedicine were identified and included illiteracy in the handling of mobile phones for health-related functions.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: A General Works > AS Academies and learned societies (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Management and Social Sciences
Depositing User: Nnenna Ayo
Date Deposited: 19 Jun 2025 14:01
Last Modified: 19 Jun 2025 14:28
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/4874

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