Case Study : Chapter 8

Questions to consider


1.     How important is access to ICT in children’s education?
-Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is important in primary education because it enables kids to search for the information they need and to organize what they have found. As children progress through the school system, they become increasingly responsible for their own learning. Many believe that ICT needs to be better integrated into curriculums so all schools produce computer literate, independent learners.


reference :http://www.ehow.com/about_6612110_importance-ict-primary-education.html#ixzz1uSjrMKCR

2.     What are the barriers that stand in the way of universal access to ICT for everyone who wants it?
-A sound knowledge of ICT makes it much easier for children to find and organize information.


reference: http://www.ehow.com/about_6612110_importance-ict-primary-education.html#ixzz1uSjrMKCR


Discussion questions

1.) Can you provide examples that either refute or confirm the idea that a gap exists between the kinds of healthcare services available to the wealthy and the poor in the United States?
-One of the important political goal in the coming years in Vietnam is the achievement of universal coverage of health insurance. For that purpose the government is pursuing the strategy to provide free health insurance cards to all the poor, the ethnic minority populations and the persons living in remote or mountainous areas.


reference: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1461327

 2.) Should healthcare organizations make major investments in telemedicine to provide improved services that only the wealthy can afford?
-No, they should also provide services that the poor people can afford.

3.) What are the drawbacks of telemedicine? What situations might not lend themselves to telemedicine solutions?
-Telemedicine is a vast subject, but as yet there are limited data on the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of most telemedicine applications. As a result, objective information about the benefits and drawbacks of telemedicine is limited. This review is therefore based mainly on preliminary results, opinions and predictions. Many potential benefits of telemedicine can be envisaged, including: improved access to information; provision of care not previously deliverable; improved access to services and increasing care delivery; improved professional education; quality control of screening programmes; and reduced health-care costs.


reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15829049