E-MEDICINE AND DESIGN OF A GLOBAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

Today healthcare delivery is a major worldwide concern and effective approaches depend on proper healthcare management. Healthcare can be provided via a variety of methodologies. The most common method is face-to-face delivery, where a care provider and patient see each other physically. While this is the norm, with the advent of modern telecommunications technology, health care without this direct contact could be one way to meet the challenges in some oh healthcare’s diverse problem areas. For example, in Africa, with a dearth of readily-available services, several well-known diseases pose great threats to the health of over 718 million people. This contrasts with the industrialized world, where health care spending is a problem that continues to rise at an ever increasing rate, without a corresponding improvement in care. An example of this situation is the United States which had 46.6 million people without health insurance in 2005, making expensive healthcare virtually unavailable to them. The objective of this research was to use both United States and Cameroonian medical facilities and needs to develop a prototype for a global patient care system (GPCS). This system utilizes information technology and manages human resources to provide global management of healthcare resources. An E-medicine model which fits the GPCS prototype was designed to handle inputs, processes, data and outputs on a real-time basis. The full implementation of the GPCS would result in an exchange of valuable medical knowledge and expertise, more efficient management of healthcare resources, and economic stimulation