State of the Art of ICT based Telemedicine and E-health Services in Bangladesh

Abstract

Bangladesh is a developing country with a massive population. Therefore, government hospitals are always overcrowded with patients. Very few people can afford the cost of private hospitals. Even health workers are also concentrated only in urban hospitals. Hence, people had to face many challenges to get health care services. Recently, there is a revolutionary change in the Information and Communication (ICT) sector in Bangladesh. So, the telemedicine and eHealth service is getting closer to individuals level. In this paper, we have explored the recent status of telemedicine and E-health services in Bangladesh in a pragmatic way. We founded out the communication medium, lackings of health care sites and challenging factors for the people who use this service. Our experimental analysis reveals most of the people still unconcerned about this service. We have found problems like language barrier, inadequate authentication, improper interface, etc. in the telemedicine and E-health sites. By resolving those issues, more people will engage with this service.