University of Avinashilingam

In Collaboration with
Institute of Finance Management

RESEARCH TITLE:
Factors affecting effectiveness of e-Health Adoption in
Tanzania

By

Ngatunga Elizabeth
Msc. In Information Technology and Management

QUESTION
Choose a research problem/topic of your interest and write the general
research question, general objective and three specific research
objectives then prepare a questionnaire to collected the required data
for the study

RESEARCH TITLE
Factors affecting effectiveness of e-Health Adoption in Tanzania
RESEARCH QUESTION
What are the Factors affecting effectiveness of e-Health Adoption in Tanzania?
GENERAL OBJECTIVE
The general objective of this research is to evaluate factors affecting effectiveness of eHealth Adoption in Tanzania
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
i. To evaluate how ICT training affects effectiveness of e-Health adoption in
Tanzania.
ii. To evaluate the impact of ICT infrastructure in e-Health adoption in Tanzania.
iii. To evaluate how power supply affects effectiveness of e-Health adoption in
Tanzania.

QUESTIONNAIRE

RESEARCH TOPIC: Factors affecting effectiveness of e-Health Adoption in

Tanzania
The aim of this study is to find out what hinders the adoption of e-Health in
Tanzania. A researcher is a student of Master of Science in Information
Technology and management at Avinashilingam Deemed University in
Collaboration with the Institute of Finance Management.
The study is carried out as a partial fulfillment of the Masters degree
stated above. Findings of the study will assist in providing
recommendations to stake holders to enhance the adoption of e -health.
Your cooperation is highly appreciated to make this research a success. The
information you provide will be confidential and will be used solely for the
purpose of this study.
I thank you very much in advance for your valuable assistance.

DEMOGRAPHIC DATA
Name of the Hospital
Name of the respondent(optional)
Occupation
Age
Gender

Please circle your answer whenever you are required to answer, YES or NO and fill in
the black spaces.

Part A
1. Do you think adoption of e-Health improves quality of hospital services? Yes or
No
2. Do you have any e-health systems in your hospital? Yes or No

3. What e-health initiatives have you applied in your hospital?

Put a tick () in the box that most corresponds to your answer.

i. Healthcare information networks

ii. Electronic record systems
iii. Electronic prescriptions
iv. Telemedicine systems
v. Robots used for diagnosis and surgery
vi. Mobile health
vii. Other(s),Please specify

Part B

1. Is power supply available in your hospital? Yes or No

If the answer is Yes, answer questions below;

i.

Is it reliable? Yes or No

ii.

Do you have backup system in case of power outage? Yes or No

If the answer is for question 1 above is No, answer the questions below;
i.

Do you have a plan to install power supply? Yes or No

2. Do you have ICT infrastructure in your hospital? Yes or No

If the answer is Yes, answer the questions below;

i.

Is the infrastructure adequate? Yes or No

ii.

If the answer for 2(i) is No, do you have a plan to buy additional
infrastructure? Yes or No

iii.

Is the infrastructure reliable? Yes or No

iv.

If the answer for 2(iii) is No, what plans do you have among the following;
(a) Maintenance
(b) Upgrading
(c) Replacement
(d) Others, Please specify

v.

Have you installed any protection equipments and mechanisms? Yes or No

If the answer for question 2 above is No, answer the questions below;
i.

Do you have any plan to buy ICT infrastructure? Yes or No

ii.

When are you planning to buy?

3. How many health workers do you have in your hospital?..................

i.

How many of the health workers have been trained on ICT?......................

ii.

Do you provide training to your health workers in case of adoption of new

technology? Yes or No

iii.

Do you outsource ICT personnel for training in case of adoption of new

ICT facilities? Yes or No

iv.

If the new technology involves patients, How do you train them on its
application?
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Part C
What do you think hinders e-health adoption in your hospital?