SWOT Analysis of Accessible IUI in Developing Countries, Resource-Poor Settings, and Primary Care Centers

2013 ◽  
pp. 173-178
Author(s):  
Willem Ombelet ◽  
Sheryl Vanderpoel
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Resource Poor

scholarly journals Critical Success Factors of Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) Implementation in Developing Countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (10S) ◽  
pp. 394-398
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Management Information System ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Hospital Management ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Success Factor ◽  
Management Information ◽  
Critical Success

Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) was a proficient tool to improve the quality of care by increasing the services effectiveness and efficiency in hospital. Unfortunately, the utilization of HMIS in developing countries was yet to be maximized when compared to that in developed countries. This study aimed to identify the critical success factor in implementing HMIS through SWOT (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, and Threat) analysis. SWOT analysis is a powerful approach for evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of an entity from internal perspective, as well as the opportunities and threats from external perspective. The analysis showed that HMIS have the ability to provide more accurate data, timely available, faster documentation retrieval compared to paper-based system, and those considered as the HMIS implementation strengths. Competition in the hospital industry and government policies open the opportunity for immediate implementation of HMIS. Despite the benefits from implementing HMIS, the transition from the old to the new system has been rather slow. The hospital readiness from extra funding need, lack of skilled personnel, inadequate infrastructure to support system were a form of HMIS implementation weaknesses. External factors such as existing culture, technologies providers which underestimated healthcare complexity, also lack of communication and collaboration across organization became an obstacle that threatens HMIS implementation.

scholarly journals Management of successful technology transfer in agriculture: The case of Kazakhstan

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 488-501
Author(s):  
Rui Dinis Sousa ◽  
Ainur Boranbayeva ◽  
Zaira Satpayeva ◽  
Amina Gassanova
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Resource Base ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Transfer Of Technology ◽  
Factor Evaluation ◽  
Successful Technology

Progress of agriculture is becoming increasingly reliant on the successful application of technology. However, many developing countries depend on technology transfer from other countries to be utilized in large and complex projects in agriculture. This study intends to identify strategic directions for successful technology transfer in developing countries’ agriculture with Kazakhstan as a case study. A SWOT analysis was conducted using Internal Factor Evaluation, External Factor Evaluation, Strategic Position and Action Evaluation, and Quantitative Strategic Planning matrices as analytical methods, based on primary data from interviews and secondary data from reports. With a weight of 52%, opportunities prevail in external factors, with emerging good geographical position, land area latitude, and participation in economic integrations as the most significant ones. On the other hand, internal factors such as emerging low skills in agricultural innovation, insufficient resources in agriculture, old technologies and worn-out equipment, and lack of mechanisms for effective adaptation of foreign technologies to local conditions are indicated as weaknesses, with the percentage of 82%. This study includes twenty-six strategies that were specially designed for technology transfer, and nine of them are considered the most relevant in overcoming internal weaknesses by exploiting external opportunities. Promoting agriculture in an innovative direction, expanding the resource base necessary for technology transfer, and increasing sources of funding for the transfer of technology and the R&D expenditures in agriculture make a top 3 of these strategies. These results will be of interest for policymakers in decision-making on technology transfer in agriculture.

Clinical Decision Support System Adoption & Implementation in African Health Systems: A SWOT Analysis. (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria Oluwafunmilola Kolawole
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Health Systems ◽  
Clinical Decision Support ◽  
Clinical Decision Support System ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Clinical Decision ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
African Health

BACKGROUND The clinical decision support system (CDSS) has been an important achievement of health technology in the 21st century. In developed countries, it has transformed the way health services are being delivered and has shown to be a tool that reduces medical errors and misdiagnoses in Healthcare. However, CDSS remains underutilized in developing countries in Africa. OBJECTIVE This study aims to review the literature to improve our understanding of the “strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT)” associated with CDSS implementation in African health systems. METHODS This study included a literature review conducted in PubMed with a total of 19 articles between the year 2010 to date (past 10years) reviewed for key themes and categorized into one of 4 possible areas within the SWOT analysis. RESULTS Articles reviewed showed common strengths of efficiency at the workplace, Improved healthcare quality, benefits in developed countries, good examples of evidence-based decision making. unreliable electric power supply, inconsistent Internet connectivity, clinician's limited computer skills, and lack of enough published evidence of benefits in developing countries are listed as a weakness. The opportunities are high demand for evidence-based practice in healthcare, a strong demand for quality healthcare, growing interest to use modern technologies. The common threats identified are government policy, political instability, low funding and resistance of use by providers. CONCLUSIONS There’s the need to work on the technical, organizational and financial barriers to ensure high adoption and implementation of the CDSS in African Health systems. Also, the lag on the knowledge available on its impact in developing countries must be worked on by supporting more studies to add to the body of knowledge.

The Context of IST for Solid Information Retrieval and Infrastructure Building

2021 ◽  
pp. 2040-2054
Author(s):  
Prantosh Kumar Paul
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Data Science ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Knowledge Dissemination ◽  
Business Analytics ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Information Sciences

Development and progress mainly depends on education and its solid dissemination. Technologies as well as engineering solutions are important for the business and corporate houses. In this context, educational initiatives and programs play a vital role. Developing countries are suffering from many problems and therefore fostering new academic innovation and researches on economic development in today's context. Information Technologies and management science are important for solid business solutions. Therefore, education and knowledge dissemination play an important and valuable role. In many developing countries, gaps between industrial needs and the availability of skilled labor are limited. Information Sciences and Computing are the most valuable areas of study in today's knowledge world. The components, subsets, and subfields of Information Sciences and Technology are rapidly emerging worldwide. Among the emerging and popular areas, a few include Cloud Computing, Green Computing, Green Systems, Big-Data Science, Internet, Business Analytics, and Business Intelligence. Developing countries (like China, Colombia, Malaysia, Mauritius, India, Brazil, South Africa) depend in many ways on knowledge dissemination and solid manpower for their development. Thus, there is an urgent need to introduce such programs and the majority of these programs have been proposed here. Information Science and Technology (IST) with programs such as Bachelors, Masters, and Doctoral Degrees have been listed here with academic and industrial contexts. This article highlights these programs with proper SWOT analysis.

The Context of IST for Solid Information Retrieval and Infrastructure Building

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-100
Author(s):  
Prantosh Kumar Paul
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Data Science ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Knowledge Dissemination ◽  
Business Analytics ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Information Sciences

Development and progress mainly depends on education and its solid dissemination. Technologies as well as engineering solutions are important for the business and corporate houses. In this context, educational initiatives and programs play a vital role. Developing countries are suffering from many problems and therefore fostering new academic innovation and researches on economic development in today's context. Information Technologies and management science are important for solid business solutions. Therefore, education and knowledge dissemination play an important and valuable role. In many developing countries, gaps between industrial needs and the availability of skilled labor are limited. Information Sciences and Computing are the most valuable areas of study in today's knowledge world. The components, subsets, and subfields of Information Sciences and Technology are rapidly emerging worldwide. Among the emerging and popular areas, a few include Cloud Computing, Green Computing, Green Systems, Big-Data Science, Internet, Business Analytics, and Business Intelligence. Developing countries (like China, Colombia, Malaysia, Mauritius, India, Brazil, South Africa) depend in many ways on knowledge dissemination and solid manpower for their development. Thus, there is an urgent need to introduce such programs and the majority of these programs have been proposed here. Information Science and Technology (IST) with programs such as Bachelors, Masters, and Doctoral Degrees have been listed here with academic and industrial contexts. This article highlights these programs with proper SWOT analysis.

scholarly journals Psychological approaches to somatisation in developing countries

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vikram Patel ◽  
Athula Sumathipala
Keyword(s):  
Primary Care ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Somatoform Disorders ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Behavioural Therapy ◽  
Cognitive Behavioural ◽  
Clinical Presentations ◽  
Proven Efficacy ◽  
Medically Unexplained ◽  
Main Components

Medically unexplained somatic complaints are among the most common clinical presentations in primary care in developing countries and they are a considerable burden for patients and the healthcare system. They are assumed to be the result of psychosocial factors, and the process by which symptoms are experienced is termed somatisation. Common mental disorders, somatoform disorders and socio-economic adversities are the major risk factors for these complaints. There is evidence suggesting that cognitive–behavioural therapy, which has proven efficacy for somatoform disorders in the developed world, can be used in developing countries with some adaptations (e.g. by simplifying the content so that it can be applied in primary care by non-specialist health practitioners; using culturally appropriate analogies; and delivering the intervention over fewer and shorter sessions). The main components of such an intervention are presented in this article.

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