Importance of Information and Communication Technologies (Icts) in Making a Heathy Information Society: a Case Study of Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria

People in this world rely on the resource that technology provides in general. This source helps many to connect across the world. It’s provides network system, hardware, software or multimedia. Information technology (Wikipedia). It really benefits bureaucrats by accessing information on the computer about budgeting the money that the government spends each fiscal year. (Milakovich &Gordon, 2014). Technology enhances the government in many different ways. It enhances the government by reducing cost, approve satisfaction to citizen, and increase efficiency for the work process in the government. (Milakovich &Gordon, 2014). Technology allowed government to provide efficient documents online to review. The faster service online is a great way for government to get a positive image instead of

Over the years, much advancement in different spheres of life has been achieved using information technology. Man has been able to go to the moon, heavy objects have been able to fly and go deep into the oceans without sinking, communication across the planets has been made possible and the world has become a global village where everything seems in the reach of everyone.

This book views technology as something that has both advantages and disadvantages. Apart from enhancing communication through the facilitation of information exchange, technology has also brought with itself a

Our world has undergone two stages of technical revolution which made our community develop rapidly. Entering the third millennium, we’re living in a modern society which is significant development in ICT. Technology has become an essential factor that has created a great revolution on all aspects of our lives such as education, medical, economy, politics, etc.…and connects us together. Technology has made our lives easier which results in the changing of other sides in our society. The technology plays an important role which is clearly shown in the achievements of many countries in the world. However, technology also consist drawbacks and has negatively effects on all fields in our society which people do not realize.

Unlike developed countries, countries that are undeveloped have a huge digital divide. Globally, the digital divide is increasing because many citizens living on undeveloped countries has less than 1 percent of computer and internet access. In Africa, less than ten percent of the population have used a computer. Majority of nations in Africa’s yearly internet access cost more than the yearly income (“Digital Divide” 1-2).

In a world where technology is being constantly innovated, there are some people who are bound to fall behind. Particularly because information and communication technologies have brought significant changes to improve countries across the globe politically, economically and socially and over the past few decades, there has been r in people’s reliance and use of the Internet. The gap between those who do and those who do not have access to the Internet is known as the digital divide. This is a major issue internationally because information and communication technology can empower and benefit society socially and economically to share facts and express their values, virtues and other opinions. Some countries that are greatly impacted by the

Despite what some scholars may argue, I believe that Africa already possesses the know-how it needs to advance and ICTs, while useful is many ways, do not bring about meaningful economic improvements in the lives of the

This report sets out to test and measure the effectiveness and failure of the ICTs as its main purpose, briefly discuss the historical background of the ICTs and the potential tension and linkage between the pursuing peace and delivering justice in the ICTs as starting point, and further conclude contemporary role of the ICTs and the primary justification for the creation of a permanent international criminal court, the ICC.

ICT can play a critical role in improving health care for individuals and communities. It can also transform informal regulation by providing people with the knowledge they require to challenge existing practices and make more rational health care choices (Adeboyejo and Olatokun, 2009). Patients are empowered to take more responsibility for their health and quality of life through the use of health ICT. Health ICT allows the collaboration and involvement of patients and healthcare providers in the prevention and treatment of common illnesses. Through the development of databases and other applications, health ICT provides new and more efficient ways of accessing, communicating, and storing information. Hence, it ensures top-quality healthcare services for patients.

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In our information and technological superiority era where the power of the Internet superlatives expands, I wanted to discover the valid impact of ICT in Healthcare sector. Which are the main factors involving in the development of information and communication technologies in a healthcare environment? What is the interaction between healthcare professionals, information and communication technology and the patients who are, in any case, the final recipients-costumers? It is well known that ICT development beneficial effects on health care organizations, but in which way that is achieved? What are the technological instruments where are available nowadays, and associated with improvements in health care fields, and how physicians and health-care workers benefit by them? Having all these questions swirling through my mind daily, I did my research discovering the desirable answers. There are many articles on the web explaining briefly the meaning of ICT in healthcare environment and its impact. Among many articles that I have read in recent days, there is one that I choose which despite its shortcomings, authors try to deliver all the necessary information, and in a critical disposal, citing both positive and negative aspects of each technological achievement involved in the development and improvement of the healthcare sector in the last decade.

Information and communication technology (ICT) is becoming very popular among people. In the last decade, the major upswing was seen in using the traditional and the modern information and communication technology. Several modes of ICTs are computers, radio, television, printer, mobile phones, internet, laptops etcetera. All these play a crucial role to connect people world widely. There is currently some debate whether ICTs are the constructive way to reduce impoverishment in developing countries. Lack of adequate infrastructure for ICTs availability and high cost of devices are some problems to achieve the goal of less poverty in developing nations. However, dispersing the light of education and improving health care facilities in progressing countries clearly shows that ICTs are strongly productive way to decline poverty in developing countries. Therefore, this essay will argue that providing the work force education and connecting patients and doctors for better health results will definitely contribute to alleviate poverty in developing countries.

Improving the economic status of a country is a tremendous factor in the growth of a country. As people in a country are educated, they develop a greater knowledge about how an economy is ran; they better understand how to handle money, how to invest, and what can be done to improve the economy. Both the consumers and producers in the economy execute smarter decisions on buying and selling, and thus the economy prospers. Along with that, gaining an education indirectly trains people to manage and use technology. Technology is proven to be an enormous part of a growing economy. “The ICT sector is, and is expected to remain, one of the largest employers. In the US alone, computer and information technology jobs

The use of ICT has an impact on various parts of human and healthcare administrations. The most fundamental are accessibility to social protection advantages by inhabitants, calm perspective and nature of thought

Hence, the evolution and growth of the Nigerian ICT sector to some extent is associated with the indigenization decree promulgation of 1977. That decree however, led to increase in the number of indigenous computers dealers and merchants in the country, which prompted a more aggressive marketing by the retailers. Which in turn resulted and stimulated a significant aggressive awareness in computer techonolgy and usage in the country (Ministry Of Communication Technology, 2012). The amendment of the ICT law in 1992, according to Odufuwa (2012) changed the face of ICT in Nigeria the removed the control of the sector from the government ministries to two new regulatory bodies ( the NBC and NCC). These law opened ICT sector and market to the private operators that enable entreprenuers in the IT emerging sector such as DELTA to emerged even at a time when the sector was still under-developed sector.