Barriers to Sustainable Telemedicine Implementation in Libya

Despite the unlimited benefits of modern technologies, telemedicine services in Libya are facing many obstacles and problems. The evolution of E- health/ telemedicine in Libya is still in its early stages to overcome all these obstacles. This research study outlines and explores a set of factors with direct and indirect impact on the adoption of the telemedicine system in Libya. Structured data collection approach is used for data collection accompanied with a designed and distributed questionnaire and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) is used to analyze the collected data. The findings of this research study indicate that a lack of personnel with sufficient skills represents a real challenge as well as the poor of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure that appears to be a big challenge . The study classifies and summarizes the factors that might hinder/enable the adoption/implementation of telemedicine in Libya period significant barriers faced by the Libyan health sector to the embracement of telemedicine technology have been addressed. The healthcare sector in Libya still failing to benefit fully from the potential advantages ICT can offer. However, this research study could provide a starting point for the research community in Libya to conduct further studies. Keywords: Telemedicine, E-health, Mobile Health, Structural Equation Modeling SEM, Sustainable of Telemedicine Implementation, Path analysis, ICT infrastructure.