INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: DIFFUSION AND APPLICATION OF ICT Chapter 2 2.4. Spread and Quality of ICT Access in Azerbaijan in the Focus of Regional Situation 2.4.3. Public Health Public health institutions are not sufficiently equipped with computers nor do they have access to the Internet. Only 13 percent of health establishments in these seven regions have computers. Only two regional hospitals have Internet access. Thus, a considerable difference is observed between Baku and the regions. Therefore, if, on average there is only one computer per every 50 health personnel in Baku, that ratio is one to 96 in the regions. The differences can be detected in how computers are used as well. In the regions, they are being used primarily as office typewriters. Only in 21 percent of the health establishments were computers being used for diagnostics. In Baku, 83 percent of health institutions that were surveyed use computers for diagnostics. Box 2.3. ICT in Public Health According to the results of the survey, each hospital had, on average, five computers. However, only 17 percent of the hospitals had access to Internet. In 83.3 percent of the hospitals, computers were used for diagnostic purposes, 16.6 percent used them for professional correspondence, and 91 percent for office work, such as typing. According to the survey, on average, only one computer was available per 50 medical staff in Baku. Profile Analytical Unit, 2003  Previous page  Next page

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