Telemedicine can be broadly described as the use of
telecommunications and information technologies to deliver
healthcare services at a distance. It is most useful in the
development of rural area, where availability of doctors and
health facilities are very less. Recent research shows that the
telemedicine has improved the general health care (especially in
the rural areas) in whole the word. This paper proposed a
framework for the use of telemedicine to improve general
healthcare in the Yobe State, where approximately 60 percent of
whole the state comes under the rural sector. We also perform a
case study taking consideration of all 17 Local Government Area
(LGA), 12 secondary hospitals, medical staff and population of
state. Based on the facts, we find that the telemedicine is
essential to improve the healthcare in Yobe State Hospitals.
Dr. Matawalli Ajagana Geidam : has completed his B. Sc. (Hons) Biochemistry in 1988 from
University of Maidguri, Nigeria, M. Sc. Biochemistry in 1991 and Ph. D. Biochemistry in 2003 from
University of Jos, Nigeria. He is active member of Biochemical Society (UK), Nigerian Association of
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Chemical Society of Nigeria. He was Associate Professor of
Biochemistry at University of Maiduguri, Nigeria (2007-2013) and Rector at Mai Idris Alooma
Polytechnic Geidam (2005-2013). Currently, he is Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic Services, and
Associate Professor of Biochemistry at Yobe State University Damaturu, Nigeria (2013-Date).
Ibrahim A. Bello : received his B. Tech degree in Computer Science from the Federal
University of Technology, Yola, Nigeria in 2007, and the M. Sc. degree in Computer
Science from Birmingham City University, UK in 2012. His primary research interests
include data mining, data compression, networks and software engineering.
Dr. Rajesh Prasad : is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at
Yobe State University, Damaturu, Nigeria. He is also associated with LDC Institute of Technical
Studies, Allahabad, India. He received his M. Tech. in Software Engineering and Ph. D. in Computer
Science and Engineering from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, India. He
has more than 14 years of teaching experience in various colleges affiliated to UP Technical
University, Lucknow, India. His research area includes: algorithms, automata theory and software
engineering. He has published more than 30 research papers in international conferences/national
conferences/journals. He is active member of IEEE.
Telemedicine
Telepathology
rural health care
remote health care and telenuring
Telemedicine has enormous benefits in the sector of
health care. Various applications can be developed for the
telemedicine to provide better services using ICT with
combined effort of medical science. It can help to improve
the quality of rural health service in Yobe State. It also
helps in providing expert opinion to the remote areas that
are deprived of advanced medical facilities.
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