
Influence of Electronic Information Resources on the Health Services Provision by Staff of Rev. FR. Moses Orshio Adasu University Teaching Hospital, Makurdi.
Elijah Ojowu and Pira Gbande, Jeffrey
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The study investigated the Influence of electronic information resources on health services provision by staff of Rev. Fr. Moses Orshio Adasu University Teaching Hospital, Makurdi. A research question was designed to find out the Influence of electronic information resources on health services provided by staff of Benue State University Teaching Hospital, Makurdi and a hypothesis was formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. The population of the study consisted of 915 members of staff of the Benue State University Teaching Hospital, Makurdi. A sample size of 183 respondents was derived through multistage sampling techniques used for the study. Descriptive statistics of Mean and Standard Deviation was used to analyze the data. The result of the study revealed that electronic information resources have a significant influence on health services provided by staff of Fr.Fr. Moses Orshio Adasu University Teaching Hospital, Makurd. Based on the finding, it was recommended that the management of Rev,Tr.Moses Orshio Adasu University Teaching Hospital should encourage the utilization of electronic information resources for provision of better health services through provision of good infrastructures like acquisition of databases for accessing electronic information resources.
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Ojowu, E. & Jeffrey, P. G. (2026). Influence of Electronic Information Resources on the Health Services Provision by Staff of Rev. FR. Moses Orshio Adasu University Teaching Hospital, Makurdi.. Boston Research Journal of Medical & Pharma, 1(1), 27-32. https://bostonresearch.org/scholarly-article/influence-of-electronic-information-resources-on-the-health-services-provision-by-staff-of-rev-fr-moses-orshio-adasu-university-teaching-hospital-makurdi/
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*Correspondence: Elijah Ojowu
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