摘要：E-Health is being implemented in many developing countries to support healthcare services and the Zambia National Health Strategic Plan seeks to provide the strategic framework for ensuring an efficient, coordinated and well managed health sector by adopting these applications. Despite the national e-Health systems implementation programme covering over 666 out of 1956 representing 34% of health facilities with e-Health applications where 37 are functional model sites representing 1.8%, this adoption rate remains relatively low to achieve meaningful use and can be attributed to many factors. This study was designed to achieve a well-balanced view and experiences among Health Care Providers on e-Health implementation. A health facility institution based mixed methodology was conducted on study participants that were provided with pretested self-administered questionnaires to collect the required data for case analysis. The main content of this paper demonstrates currently e-Health implementation is characterized by high levels of training gaps, lack of a regulatory policy, technology use challenges and many other factors. The output of this research is an integrated e-Health with a new paradigm to information sharing. Although many opportunities exist and are not limited to, but inclusive of stakeholder support, functional e-Health model sites, availability of e-Health training laboratories and government initiatives to implement E-government the challenges still remain unresolved. The study recommends pre and in-service examinable e-Health training curriculum, implementation of a mandatory use e-Health Policy and confront data sharing challenges amongst health care institutions to further encourage adoption of e-Health.
