Potential of Medical IT in developing countries: Case study Mongolia

Abstract

The field of medicine is difficult to compare between different countries, as the development and their focus are individual and faces unique problems. Possible solutions provided by the western world usually require higher financial expenses and intensive training of workers involved in the medical field. Experience gathered in Mongolia lead to the suggestion that the involvement of computer technology can create benefits for the healthcare sector without extensive costs and intensive training. The missing experience of medical workers can be covered with computed technology that is designed to support them in making correct decisions. At the same time these technologies will never be able to fully replace workers and therefore should not lead to dismissal in the healthcare sector.