Furthermore, World Health Organization (WHO) report of June 2011,shows that western countries (industrialized nation) indeed show more willingness to pursue the ehealth application in the health sector as compared to developing countries that are lower-income nations.
Consequently, Australia, United Arab Emirate, Saudi Arabia seems to be one of the few nations that have fully integrated the complete component of eHealth, with countries in the European Union bloc actively trailing behind while that country in the African Union is the least active in the implementation, this report was the result of a mHealth survey module designed by researchers at the Earth Institute 's Center for Global Health and Economic Development, Columbia University. …show more content…
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Again there is a global forecast WHO, it is estimated that there will be 13 million shortage of health personnel by the turn of 2035, the report raises awareness of the problem and advises that something urgent needs to be done to prevent the consequences that may arise as a result of this reduction in manpower globally. (25).
CAUSES OF THE SHORTAGE OF HEALTH WORKFORCE
The likely cause of shortage of health experts various from different country to country, varies also from profession to profession; though for industrialized nation, some of the causes highlighted include but are not limited to the following, high on the list is an ageing health workforce population with staff retiring, healthcare workers leaving for better paid jobs, the reduction of young ones to come in for medical training in the profession or being adequately trained. (26)
The increasing pressure for quality healthcare by the growing aging population, rising wave of pathologic lesions like infectious diseases, malignant lesion, debilitating illness, and more recently migration of foreign health workers is also creating and uneven balance globally.
Consequently, Australia, United Arab Emirate, Saudi Arabia seems to be one of the few nations that have fully integrated the complete component of eHealth, with countries in the European Union bloc actively trailing behind while that country in the African Union is the least active in the implementation, this report was the result of a mHealth survey module designed by researchers at the Earth Institute 's Center for Global Health and Economic Development, Columbia University. …show more content…
(23)(24)
Again there is a global forecast WHO, it is estimated that there will be 13 million shortage of health personnel by the turn of 2035, the report raises awareness of the problem and advises that something urgent needs to be done to prevent the consequences that may arise as a result of this reduction in manpower globally. (25).
CAUSES OF THE SHORTAGE OF HEALTH WORKFORCE
The likely cause of shortage of health experts various from different country to country, varies also from profession to profession; though for industrialized nation, some of the causes highlighted include but are not limited to the following, high on the list is an ageing health workforce population with staff retiring, healthcare workers leaving for better paid jobs, the reduction of young ones to come in for medical training in the profession or being adequately trained. (26)
The increasing pressure for quality healthcare by the growing aging population, rising wave of pathologic lesions like infectious diseases, malignant lesion, debilitating illness, and more recently migration of foreign health workers is also creating and uneven balance globally.