Mohannad Alajlani*, PhD Student, london, United Kingdom Track: Research Presentation Topic: other Presentation Type: Oral presentation Submission Type: Single Presentation Building: MECC Room: 0.9 Athens Date: 2010-11-30 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM Last modified: 2010-09-21

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The research was conducted in the Kingdom of Jordan in 2008, the purpose was to identify the factors that affect the use and adoption of telemedicine in developing countries and rural areas in general, taking the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan as our case study. We had developed a framework that we applied to telemedicine projects at the pre-implementation phase and that we used to identify the barriers specific to Jordan. Our framework included interviews with key stakeholders including doctors, technicians, engineers, and decision makers; and administering questionnaires to further key stakeholders including the patients. We ensured that we gained opinion from people from different backgrounds. Our research identified specific key issues: poor technology infrastructure; lack of funding; insufficient training for doctors and clinicians; doctors’ resistance; patients’ resistance; and lack of knowledge about health care and technology.