Sisay Maru Wubante|Masresha Derese Tegegne
Health professionals knowledge of telemedicine and its associated factors working at private hospitals in resource-limited settings
University of Gondar|University of Gondar
appropriate implementation telemedicine healthcare system potential overcome global problems accessibility quality healthcare services thus assessing knowledge health professionals actual adoption telemedicine considered prominent solution problemsthis study aimed assess healthcare professionals knowledge telemedicine associated factors private hospitals lowresource settingsan institutionbased crosssectional study conducted among 423 health professionals private hospitals lowincome settings ethiopia march april 2021 data collection performed pretested selfadministered questionnaires study employed statistical packages social sciences software study employed multivariable logistic regression determine dependent independent variables associated adjusted odd ratio 95 ciin study 658 health professionals good knowledge telemedicine computer literacy aor 29 95 ci 18 46 computer training aor 20 95 ci 12 33 internet availability workplace aor 21 95ci 13 34 private laptop aor 17 95 ci 11 29 significantly associated knowledgein general health professionals good knowledge telemedicine inclusive packages capacity training among health providers fundamental successful implementation telemedicine