Impact of IoT on Achieving Smart Primary Healthcare Building Facilities in Gauteng, South Africa.

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Nuru GamboCentre for Applied Research and Innovation in the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-0361-2534

Innocent MusondaCentre for Applied Research and Innovation in the Built Environment, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-0270-6157

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University · NGUniversity of Johannesburg · ZA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Processes and services undertaken in smart primary healthcare building facilities capture operational data through advanced monitoring and enable experts to use these building facilities for efficient healthcare service delivery. This study assessed the impact of Internet of Things (IoT) services on achieving efficient primary healthcare in the rural areas of South Africa. The study identified three (3) basic constructs of IoT services. They include IoT location recognition and tracking services, the application of the IoT high-speed communication network-based services, and the application of IoT-based services. The study is quantitative, and a questionnaire was used to collect data from the project managers and healthcare practitioners working with the primary healthcare agency in South Africa. The study found a variable degree of impact between the three (3) IoT constructs and the successful development of primary healthcare building facility services in South Africa. The study recommends adopting IoT essential services for achieving efficient primary healthcare services in the rural areas of South Africa and other developing countries facing similar primary healthcare delivery challenges.

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Delivery of Health CareInternetPrimary Health CareSouth Africabuilding servicesconstructionIoTprimary healthcaresmartSouth Africa

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PMID36141421

DOI10.3390/ijerph191811147

PMCPMC9516893

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