Top Abstract In developing countries, Health Information Systems (HISs) are increasingly used to enable and support both clinical and administrative processes for healthcare services. The use of the HISs in developing countries' healthcare centres is influenced and impacted by humans' interactions which...
(HITECH, promoting the use of technology to improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of healthcare). There are also myriad regulations that apply to specific types of clinicians. For example, in Massachusetts, respiratory therapists need to complete 15 hours of continuing education every two ...
While the goals are clear—to produce the health workforce that society needs to improve health outcomes—both education and healthcare systems continue to evolve concurrently amidst changes in knowledge, skills, population demographics and social contracts. In observing a significant anniversary of this...
Over the last number of years, I have often been asked: "Why haven't we had more success in implementing Information Technology (IT) in Healthcare?" Unfortunately, there is no simple answer to this question. The answer is usually heavily dependent on several factors that "define" the specif...
The Universal Health System (UHS) provides the entire healthcare service to residents in Illopia. The UHS is funded centrally through revenues from taxpayers. However, the government is not involved in the day-to-day running of the UHS, which is largely managed regionally by a number of self...
Healthcare systems are complex and challenging for all stakeholders, but artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed various fields, including healthcare, with the potential to improve patient care and quality of life. Rapid AI advancements can revoluti
Health Information Systems, the Use of Electronic Recipe and the Attitude of Healthcare Professionalsdoi:10.3390/proceedings2023085022Developments in information technology rapidly affect every sector, including the health sector. All of the technology-based applications that occur as a result of ...
As part of information technology, a geographic information system (GIS) set up to store, obtain, modify, analyse and form data is frequently used in organisations responsible for healthcare management worldwide at regional and local levels. The use of the GIS systems may be crucial to the ...
Universal, Simple, Affordable (USA) Healthcare Johnathon Ross, MD | University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences Every other rich country has managed to create a universal, simple, affordable system for their citizens. We can go to school on their systems or create our own. ...
Health systems have adopted models of integrated care to better align services around the needs of aging populations. The results are encouraging, but inconsistent. Although they are untested, recent approaches — such as the WHO’s ‘Integrated Care for Older People’ — that are explicitly person...