@article{sayed2019using,
  title = {Using Crowdsourcing Based Health-map System in Bangladesh: Prospects, Challenges, and Development of an Effective Model},
  author = {Moinul Islam Sayed and Md. Mamun-ur-Rashid and Rejwana Islam},
  year = 2019,
  url = {https://ibimapublishing.com/articles/JEHM/2019/673705/},
  journal = {Journal of e-health Management},
  volume = 2019,
  pages = 16,
  doi = 10.5171/2019.673705,
  abstract = {Despite a countrywide mobile network and a massive number of subscribers, Bangladesh till now failed to usurp the full potential of e-health service. With the aim of analyzing the prospects and challenges of using crowdsouring based health-map system in Bangladesh, this study adopts a mixed method approach and collect data using structured questionnaire, key informant interview, in-depth interview, informal interview, focus group discussion, case study, etc. The results of this research represent that, except for a small proportion (11%), the majority (89%) of the respondents don’t go to doctors for minor health related problems. The major causes of not going to the doctor encompass high crowdedness in the hospital, high visiting charge of the doctors, etc. Television, mobile phone, and internet are three main sources of receiving health related information.  The lion’s share (76%) of the respondents have interest in e-health service, but cynically a minor(22%) section of the respondents ever used e-health service. Present mobile phone based e-health services have several problems such as no preservation of patient’s record, no scope of continuous contact with the same doctor, and hectic procedure in reaching a doctor. This study proposes a crowdsourcing based e-health service model, which will help to create a massive data set and assist in both treatment of the patient and predict future outbreaks of health crisis.},
  keywords = {Prospects; Challenges; Crowdsourcing; Health-map; Bangladesh.},
  note = Article ID: 673705
}