Introduction The scarcity of qualified health workers in rural areas is directly affecting delivery of health services and their quality. Diverse interventions have been instituted by central and state governments to attract health workers to rural areas and to enhance the retention of qualified workers in India. However the reasons for not willing to remain in rural and remote areas are still ...

With the advances in Information Communication Technology (ICT) and the demand for more efficient and effective government, governments in various countries have implemented e-government strategies to offer more information and online services to citizens, government agencies, businesses, and others. Egovernment initiatives aim to benefit from the use of most innovative forms of information tec...

In order to meet the needs of developing E-government, Egovernment integrated information services are proposed in this paper. First, we define E-government integrated information services. Second, we explore Egovernment integrated information service patterns. Third, we construct an Egovernment integrated information service platform. Finally, we give some suggestions on developing E-governmen...

The aim of this paper is to present a high-level operational model for a solution that can improve significantly public services in Albania. The solution will increase the efficiency of public administration, quality of their offered service and saves a lot of time to people that today have to wait in queues. The paper brings an evaluation of problems that may be solved, critically analyze the ...

E-government offers the potential to provide easy and flexible access to a vast array of government services, particularly in outlying regions where traditional service centers are scarce and costly. However, past research shows that online services use decreases in non-urban areas. The objective of this chapter is to identify factors that influence the use of e-government services in outlying ...

The e-Government Grid Service Model in Indonesia is an adjustments based on the framework of existing e-Government and also the form of government in the country. Grid-based services for interoperability could be a solution for resource sharing and interoperability of e-Government systems. In previous study, we designed and simulated the topology of Indonesian e-Government Grid services based o...

This paper proposes parameters for developing a comprehensive globally accepted e-government maturity model. We investigate existing maturity models and their stages of growth, and identify various parameters based on the stages defined by Quirk’s model, and additionally incorporating parameters such as secrecy, privacy & personalization. The proposed parameters for eGovernment maturity models ...