Reflections o n the Contemporary health system o f Ethiopia and thoughts for improvement

Abstract

The technological/post-industrial revolution, the digital revolution in particular which is revolutionizing not only information/data processing| but digital transformation of health care, a social determinant of health (15), can be disruptive unless managed appropriately (2, 16, 17). Ethiopia is endeavoring t o use ICT's tremendous opportunities to improve the efficiency and quality of health care (18) and the government considers ICT development a s a strategic priority as exemplified in the development of ICT Policy (2009) and the prominence given to it in the second Growth and Transformation Plan (GTPID (19-21). However, a