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Barriers for mHealth Adoption in the Health Care Sector of Ghana

Bernice  Yamoah a , Oddvar  Kaarboe a ,c  and Inger Lise  Teig b   a Department  of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.     b Department  of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway   c Department  of Economics, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.   12 th  European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2021

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Purpose This qualitative study investigates the barriers to the adoption of mobile health technology by clinicians in Ghana’s healthcare system.

Methods The social constructivists paradigm. T heory of Sociomateriality and Coping. Data Analysis  Dat a was analyzed using  Thematic Content Analysis.

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Lack of  trust  in technology systems The cost of acquiring and maintaining the technological devices Poor customization of mHealth technologies to suit contextual imperatives in Ghana. Issues of socio-economic segregation in the population Low literacy levels amongst patients

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