Tapping informal networks “guanxi” with information and communication technologies : empowering rural doctors in Xi’an, China.

• Main Authors: Tran Khanh Phuong., Chia, Cathy Wei Si., Ng, Felicia Su Hway.
• Other Authors: Arul Indrasen Chib
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication::Communication theories and models
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/38839
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The significant investments of governments in the area of ICTs has been concentrated in the delivery of urban-based health information systems (HIS) (Chiasson & Davidson, 2004). However, rural healthcare in China has been neglected during the development of such market-based health services. Thu...