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A major obstacle to the progress of eHealth is the lack of available healthcare workers (including nurses) trained in informatics and adequately prepared to work in this growing field, especially in less developed areas of the world. How many students in your class would be interested in working in one of these areas, either by providing direct care, by improving informatics infrastructure, or by training local nurses in these skills? What unique skill set would they need to accomplish these goals? How would obstacles such as global differences in terminology, interoperability, legal issues, and regulatory policies affect their work? How might these challenges be overcome?
The students who enter the healthcare sector are supposed to learn new things which may be part and parcel of theory or not. They can train the local nurses regarding the eHealth only when they are exposed to it and use it to teach and train the local nurses. So in the initial stage it is better to involve by providing direct care and be a part in the improvement of Informatics infrastructure .
Some of the unique skill set which is necessary to attain this goal are
The global difference which can affect their work are
These challenges can be overcome by