| 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 is a pilot study that 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. |
| —Funding— • Google Research, Award for Inclusion Research (AIR) Program (2023) • Directorate of Research and Graduate Studies (DRGS)—University of Zambia (2022) |
| —Project Team— • Lighton Phiri, University of Zambia (2021-Present) • Ernest Zulu, University Teaching Hospitals (2021-Present) • Zola Mahlaza, University of Pretoria (2021-Present) • Veronica Kangwa Sunkutu Sichizya, University Teaching Hospitals (2022-Present) |
| —Publications— [1] Zulu, E. O., & Phiri, L. (2022). Enterprise Medical Imaging for Improved Radiological Workflows: Towards an Interoperable and Standards-Based Medical Imaging Platform in Public Health Facilities in Zambia. In 2022 Zambia Digital Health Conference. Ministry of Health. URL: https://www.moh.gov.zm/?wpfb_dl=160 [2] Zulu, E. O., & Phiri, L. (2022). Enterprise Medical Imaging in the Global South: Challenges and Opportunities. In 2022 IST-Africa Conference (IST-Africa) (pp. 1-9). IEEE. URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9845508 [3] Zulu, E. O., & Phiri, L. (2021). Inception Report Enterprise Medical Imaging for Streamlined Radiological Diagnosis in Zambian Public Health Facilities. URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.11215.61603 |
| —Software— • Coming soon |
| —Datasets— • Coming soon |