Conference Paper2026

Understanding Challenges of Liver Data Governance for Providing Mobile App-Based Liver Care Services In Developing Countries Like Bangladesh

Md Abu Sayed, Md Abdullah Hossien Molla, Rabiul Hasan, Tasfia Afrin Mim, Md Fazal Karim, Moinul Islam Zaber

International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

In: Human-Centered Design, Operation and Evaluation of Mobile Communications

Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 120-138, ISBN: 9783032305480

  • Good Health and Well-being — Relevance: 86%

Keywords

  • Bangladesh
  • health data governance
  • Interoperability
  • data standardization
  • UTAUT
  • lower-middle-income countries
  • national health data system
  • mobile health
  • data fragmentation
  • digital health adoption

CCDS Authors

Moinul I Zaber, PhD
Moinul I Zaber, PhD

Moinul I Zaber, PhD

  • Director, HCI Wing
  • Supervisor, DS Wing

Professor

+2 more affiliations

Department of Computer Science & Engineering

Dhaka University

Published at

ICPR, HCII, JMIR

Research Interests

Computational Social Science, Human-Computer Interaction, Telecommunication Policy

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