Chapter 8: Case Study

Western Cape Striving to Eliminate the Digital Divide

Question to Consider

1. How important is access to ICT in children’s education?

Ans: It is important because in this new technologies they can help school in teaching like for example watching an educational movie to the students and many more. It also good to the student to have their knowledge in this technologies because they will need those skills in the future.

2. What are the barriers that stand in the way of universal access to ICT for everyone who wants it?

Ans:  I think the barriers that stand in the way to have a universal access to ICT is money because many less fortunate people cannot afford to have an access to ICT.

Technological Advances Create Digital Divide in Health Care

Questions to Consider

1. Can you provide examples that either refute or confirm the idea that a gap exists between the kinds of healthcare services available to the wealthy and the poor in the United States?


Ans: The example I can give is almost of the wealthy people will not grab this healthcare services because they have money to go to the hospital in to their check any day they want. And for the poor people many will grab it because healthcare services is their only chance to have a check up because they lack paying any resources to the hospital.

2. Should healthcare organizations make major investments in telemedicine to provide improved services that only the wealthy can afford?

Ans: I think they should make major investment in telemedicine not only to provide improved services that only wealthy people can afford but also to the poor people to help them.

3. What are the drawbacks of telemedicine? What situations might not lend themselves to telemedicine solutions?  

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