Enterprise Medical Imaging in Zambia
The Republic of Zambia, like many countries world-over, is faced with a critical shortage of trained radiologists, medical experts specialised in the interpretation of medical images for radiological diagnosis of health conditions. It was reported that as of 2019, Zambia had only five (5) trained radiologists against a population of 17 million (Bwanga et al., 2019). This project seeks to investigate the challenges resulting from the shortage of radiologists and to investigate the feasibility of implementation of efficient and effective medical imaging workflows using enterprise imaging techniques, in order to demonstrate the potential of enterprise imaging in addressing the grand challenges associated with medical imaging in Zambia.
Project Members
Project Publications
Mwaba, Brighton, John Mwanza, Wilkins Sikazwe, Andrew Shawa, Ernest Obbie Zulu, Elijah Chileshe, and Lighton Phiri. 2023. “User Centred Design and Implementation of Useful Picture Archiving and Communication Systems for Effective Radiological Workflows in Public Health Facilities in Zambia”. In Proceedings of the 4th African Human Computer Interaction Conference (AfriCHI 2023). East London, South Africa. |
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Chileshe, Elijah, and Lighton Phiri. 2023. “Large-Scale Analysis of Medical Image Metadata”. In 2023 Pan African Conference on Science, Computing and Telecommunications (PACT 2023). Lusaka, Zambia: Zambia ICT Journal. https://ictjournal.icict.org.zm/index.php/icict/article/view/277. |
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Shawa, Andrew, and Lighton Phiri. 2023. “Software Tools for Supporting Automatic Interpretation of Medical Images”. In 2023 Pan African Conference on Science, Computing and Telecommunications (PACT 2023). Lusaka, Zambia: Zambia ICT Journal. https://ictjournal.icict.org.zm/index.php/icict/article/view/278. |
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Monde, Austin, Patrick Mwila, Chabu Namwila, Peter Tembo, and Lighton Phiri. 2023. “Evaluating Free and Open Source Radiology Information System for Automating Workflows at The University Teaching Hospitals - Zambia”. Lusaka, Zambia: University of Zambia. |
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Zulu, Ernest Obbie, and Lighton Phiri. 2022. “Enterprise Medical Imaging in the Global South: Challenges and Opportunities”. In 2022 IST-Africa Conference (IST-Africa 2022), 1-9. South Africa: IEEE. doi:10.23919/IST-Africa56635.2022.9845508. |
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