CAREER e-Health Products FAQs

What do you mean by health human resource capacity building?

Health human resources are both the clinical health care providers and the administrative support staff to the e-heath programme. The team needs to work and communicate in the same language of both ICT and medical, typically in English.   

What is happening with knowledge management for public health in developing countries?

Developing countries now have access through the Internet to the same sources as developed countries to the public health information and knowledge.

Why should developing countries that are planning to implement e-training and e-health with ICT be interested in building the skills and knowledge of their people?

Developing countries need to insure that they have the right person with the right skills and motivation to enter a new ICT or medical job so that they are committed to it and last on the job a long time.

What are the aptitudes and interest factors are required for success with jobs such as health records coding and computer programming?

The eleven aptitude and interests factors for over 12000 jobs are defined by the Handbook for Analyzing jobs.  Samples are provide on request.

Are there e-training resources available on-line so one can become knowledgeable and certified in Vocational Evaluation?

There are resources available in North America for counselor certification.

Why are English language skills important with e-health enabled by ICT?

Internationally, English is the language for both medicine and ICT.

Why is knowing the language of medicine important in coding medical records?

The International Classification of Disease (ICD-10) is available from the WHO so that each country codes the same disease and medical intervention the same way, so that globally we have comparable statistics.