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A Global Health Analysis of Socio-Economic Determinants of Health

Abstract: Access to the internet, often via mobile devices, provides individuals with the ability to access the resources and economic opportunities required to live the lives they choose. Using d ata drawn from the World Health Organization, United Nations Development Program , and World Bank , two levels of analysis are cond ucted to answer the research questions : “What is the relationship between social determinants of health and human digital development?” and, “What is the relationship between health equity and mHealth?” . First, multiple regression was utilized to test two hypotheses , and second, a k -means cluster analysis was ...

Can Generative Artificial Intelligence enable equitable access to Social

Abstract: When people living in low resource environments struggle to access the resources they need live, they are faced with health inequities caused by lack of access to social determinants of health . This paper aims to understand the ways in which generative AI can enable equitable access to resources that are key to social determinants of health (such as dental health, mental health, domestic violence services, substance abuse services, among many others). In order to conduct the investigation, this research seeks to answer: 1) How can AI -powered mobile health services improve the state of social determinants of health? And ...

Creating cycles of prosperity with human digital development for intelligent global health

Abstract: Digital spaces o ﬀer expanded economic and social opportunities to exercise human agency. With increasing numbers of people falling into poverty, it is those same people at the margins who hold the key toglobal recovery. The term human digital development refers to the exercise of human agency using ICTs, in particular human interactions in cyberspace that o ﬀer new ways in which people may lead the lives they choose to live. Being healthy is central for an individual ’s capabilities and freedoms to bring about improvements in their lives.The role for human digital development in global health lies in the ...

Cycles of development in systems of survival with artificial intelligence a formative research agenda

Abstract: Artiﬁcial intelligence (AI) may take over many functions performed by humans while o ﬀering new opportunities for socio-economic development. However, the unchecked ubiquitous adoption of generative Machine Learning (ML)that appears to assist humans while increasing job losses, inequities and threats to social institutions. Systems of survival are explored in the light of the synergies between governments who aim to protect their citizens and corporations who trade with them. Understanding how these processes a ﬀect human agency, particularly that of refugee populations whose data is harvested from their cellphones while they seek to build new lives in foreign lands. Their resilience, ...

Cycles of Electronic Health Records Adaptation by Physicians How Do the Positive and Negative Experiences with the EHR System Affect Physicians EHR Adaptation Process

Abstract: The integration of EHR in IT infrastructures supporting organizations en able improved access and recording of patient data, enhanced ability to make improved decisions, improved quality and reduced errors in patient care. Despite these benefits, there are mixed results as to the use of EHR. The literature suggests that the reasons for the limited use relate to policy, financial and usability considerations, but it does not provide an understanding of reasons for physicians’ limited interaction and adaptation of EHR. Following an analysis of qualitative data, collected in a case study at a hospital using interviews, this research explains how physicians ...

Digital Inclusion HDI SDOH Final-MacroEnabled

Abstract: . The unequal distribution of resources following the pandemic have exacerbated existing inequalities in income and access to services needed to stay healthy. Digital technologies, in particular, mobile health applications, are seen to be a means of transforming access to care and socio -economic re- sources. This paper explores the impact of digital inclusion on human develop- ment and health outcomes. It also examines whether access to digital technolo- gies and services, like mobile health, can act as a means to improve healthcare access and socio -economic resources, thereby addressing health inequities. This study on digital inclusion, human development, and ...

How Can Physicians Knowledge Be Activated to Provide Better Healthcare Explaining Electronic Health Record Adaptation by Physicians

Abstract: Despite the rising costs of healthcare and falling quality of care, the integration of EHR (Electronic Health Records) in supporting collaboration to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare remains a challenge. It appears that the physicians ar e at the center of this bottleneck. The literature suggests that the reasons for the limited use relate to po licy, financial and usability considerations, but it does not provide an understanding of reas ons for physicians’ lim ited interaction and adaptation of EHR. Following an analysis of qualitative data, collected in a case study at a hospital using interviews, th is ...

Digital Innovations for Development_ Design of Artificial Intelli (AMCIS Copy)

Abstract: Digital innovations affect people's ability to stay healthy in underserved communities as resources are difficult to access. Artificial Intelligence (AI) can support access to socio- economic resources in mobile health applications. This paper investigates: How can generative AI enable access to socio -economic resources? Following a theoretical background this paper employs design science research to offer an improvement or new soluti on to known problems using generative artificial intelligence to support people in underserved communities looking for resources. The contribution of this paper lies in design science research that creates a “build -and-evaluate loop,” in which a problem is determined, ...

Digital transformation at the margins a battle for the soul of self-sovereignty

Abstract: As the world watches millions of refugees whose livelihoods ripped apart by deadly missile attacks, this editorial investigates the forces that lead to the marginalization of populations as they battle for their sovereignty from the margins. It draws upon current publications to o ﬀer insights into the transformation of the lives of those residing in world’ s economic margins. Places that were once economic peripheries arenow at the center of the digital transformation of the global economy as it changes how those at the margins can attain their freedoms. Insights from patching development and technologies of the oppressed oﬀer unique ...

Harnessing knowledge networking for Global Capability Sourcing the development imperative

Abstract: As the world opens up from the clutches of the pandemic to heightened demand for goods and services, businesses inextricably interconnected globally are coping to meet this demand due to worker shortages. In honor of Peter Keen, this editorial o ﬀers insight into how the quest for global talent can be addressed. Our work on how knowledge networking enables innovation through the creation of talent pools and the Global Capability Sourcing (GCS) model are combined to o ﬀer a view into addressing this challenge. The GCS explains why wages aredeclining for some skills while rising for others and asks: what ...

Digital transformation for development a human capital key or system of oppression

Abstract: Digital transformation goes beyond digitalization to make radical changesto organisational models and social structures. It takes people withknowledge, skills and motivation to use ICTs to be able to carry out digital transformation. Human capital is seen to be the key for e ﬀective digital transformation as it can fuel sustainable development whenpeople use ICTs to lead the lives they choose to live. Unless there is a transformation in capabilities, access to ICTs, requisite skills andknowledge, then digital transformation will merely exacerbate existing inequalities. It will need to touch personal psychology: not merely enabling the marginalised to participate but o ﬀering ...

Human Freedom from Algorithmic Bias

Abstract: While there are many causes of health disparities, the application of Artificial Intelligence tools in healthcare may have mixed results. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of human freedoms and accountability to achieving digital inclusi on. It discovers the role of algorithmic bias in mediating the relationship between human freedom and mobile health. The following research questions are investigated: 1) How do human freedoms effect digital inclusion and mobile health? 2) Do human freedom s effect mobile health? And 3) Does AI accountability mediate the relationship between human freedoms and mobile health? The findings suggest that ...

Human Freedom from Algorithmic Bias_ Is there Accountability (AMCIS Copy)

Abstract: Data harvested from almost every aspect of people’s lives have made them vulnerable to surveillance capitalism and the algorithmic bias. This paper investigates the r ole of digital rights and freedoms in the context of digital inclusion. The research questions being investigated are 1) How are human freedoms affected by digital inclusion? 2) Do human freedoms effect accountability and mobile health? And 3) Do human fre edoms effect accountability and digital inclusion? This paper considers factors relating to human freedoms such as education/literacy, health, location Healthcare Access; Reproductive, Maternal and Child Health; Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Health Inequa lity. Multidimensional ...

Information and communications technology use and income growth evidence of the multiplier effect in very small island states

Abstract: Very small island states face unique challenges, such as volatile economies, increasing vulnerability to natural disasters, particularly with raising seas, increases their dependence on the world economy. Despite their growing use of ICTs, the results are mixed in terms of the effect of growing ICT usage on incomegrowth. This paper investigates how growth in ICT usage may enable growth in per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in very small island states by analyzing the effects of average ICT usage on GDP growth based on the most recent data available from the World Bank and from the International Telecommunications Union(ITU). Following ...

Mobile Access for Patient Centered Care The Challenges of Activating Knowledge through Health Information Technology

Abstract: With the growing use of m obile technology to access health information, patients are being empowered in their healthcare choices. While sp ecific mobile applications are becoming available for patients to manage their own care, most treatment processes support healthcare professionals and o ffer little support for patient centered care. In order to address this problem, federal regulations require providers to become “meaningful users” of Health Information Technology (HIT) in an effort to encourage patient centered care through the assessment of health outcomes. This paper contends that addressing meaningful use practices for patient cent ered care involves the activation of ...

Knowledge Networking to Overcome the Digital Divide

Abstract: . As organizations become increasingly extended across global boundaries, their reliance on information and communication technologies (ICTs) to support their processes increases. The use of ICTs to activate dispersed knowledge within complex webs of human networks can enable the gap between the information rich and information poor to be overcome. This paper develops a new concept called knowledge networking and investigates how this process enables the digital divide to be overcome. Following a phenomenological analysis of knowledge networking using a selection of vignettes, this paper provides a conceptual model describing the ways in which knowledge networking enables the digital divide ...

The Effect of Mobile Health and Social Inequalities

Abstract: The equitable provision of healthcar e entails the distribution of resources and other processes to overcome health inequality . The concept of heath equity suggests that differences in social and economic backgrounds of people affect their ability to lead the lives they choose to live. Follow ing a review of what is known about health equity , social determinants of health e quity and the role of mobile health, this paper investigates the relationship between mHealth, social inequalities in life expectancy and in education on Human Development and Health and Wellbeing. The analysis discovers a significant relationship between mHealth, social ...

Outrage and anger in a global pandemic flipping the script on healthcare

Abstract: Amidst a global pandemic, outrage and anger over the death of a Black man at the hands of a White police oﬃ cer spread globally. The protests exposed generations of institutional racism and socio-economic inequities in many countries. This editorial explores the socio-economic inequities that have left those in racially segregated marginalized communities most at risk from COVID 19. It oﬀ ers a cyclical view of the relationship between socio-economic inequities and health outcomes,suggesting that once these inequities are addressed, then healthoutcomes can improve. There is an important role to be played by ICTs in enabling a positive cycle to ...

Pandemics within the pandemic confronting socio-economic inequities in a datafied world

Abstract: The pandemic has brought to light and exacerbated inequities that have plagued the world even before COVID-19 spread. Despite its medical and technological advances, much of the western world was unprepared forwhat its people faced. With a death toll and mortality rates unseen in modern times, the data ﬁed world amidst some populist regimes witnessed additional pandemics within the pandemic of raginginfections. In the changing world broadband internet access is becoming more essential to enabling people to lead their lives whilelocked-down and/or in quarantine. People become accustomed to accessing healthcare information, resources and providers through mobile and or other devices ...

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH A MOBILE APPLICATION

Abstract: : Implementing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions can alleviat e pressing problems in society and are a central component of sustainable development. Often, healthcare addresses the symptoms without approaching the socioeconomic limiters that can lead to reduced individual economic freedoms from receiving healthcare. This paper investigates the question: How can technology and training interventions enable clinicians to offer care that addresses the socioeconomic limitations of their patients? This paper observes the implementation of a mobile app designed to offer peo ple who cannot access health resources in Omaha, Nebraska, a city in the Midwestern United States. This study follows ...

Perspectives on development why does studying information and communication technology for development ICT4D matter

Abstract: The concept of development has been used by scholars and practitionersto demonstrate changes for the better in the lives of individuals,communities, nations and regions. Historically, the practice of development has been associated with interventions and categorizations that have had the opposite e ﬀect in countries and regions deemed to be developing. Current notions of developmentpredicated on respect for individual rights, human freedoms,environmental sustainability, health and well-being and education have been more successful in achieving improvements in the lives of people. Yet, historic notions of development persist and continue to drive failingprojects. This editorial explores the historical notions of development that ...

Physician Interaction with Electronic Health Records The Influences on Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants

Abstract: The integration of EHR (Electronic Health Records) in IT infrastructures supporting organizations enable im proved access to and recording of patient data, enhanced ability to make better and more-timely decisions, and improved quality and reduced errors. Despite these benefits, there are mixed results as to the use of EHR. The literature suggests that the reasons for the limited use relate to policy, financial and usability considerations, but it does not provide an understanding of reasons for physicians’ limited interaction and adaptation of EHR. Following an analysis of qua litative data, collected in a case study at a hospital using interviews, ...

globdev_2021_overcoming-health-inequities-through-mhealth-1-14-22

Abstract: The spread of the pandemic in recent years has disproportionately affected people who are unable to access the basic resources needed to survive. Such resources include but are not limited to food, shelter, capital and the ability to find the information t hey need to stay healthy. These socio - economic factors influence the manner in which people and communities are able to recover. This paper investigate s the relationship between social determinants of health and human development and the role of mHealth i n overcoming health inequities . Data was collected for 27 variables from 189 countries through the ...

globdev-2021-role-of-socio-economic-status

Abstract: While access to information and communication technologies ( ICTs ) have been touted as a key determinant for human development , few studies have investigated how ICT implementations assist people with low socioeconomic status (SES) and the impacts this might hav e on health outcomes . This paper investigates the relation b etween having access to ICTs, health outcomes, and SES. The association between s ocioeconomic affluenc e and health is even recognized by policymakers , which suggests that there is an association between SES status and health . This paper addresses the gap in the literature by investigating the ...

role-of-social-determinants-of-health-in-building-an-mhealth-appl

Abstract: The pandemic has shown that the health of those with the least resources affects the rest of the population. Social determinants of health effect health disparities leading to greater inequities between those with and those without the resources needed to stay healthy. In order to help people, find resources they need to stay healthy, an mHealth application was created . Data was collected through this mobile application to investigate : what are the social determinants of hea lth resources (SDOH) that are needed to address health inequities ? Using this data, an mHealth prototype was developed to help understand whether ...