scholarly journals Information Systems and Health Care XI: Public Health Knowledge Management Architecture Design: A Case Study

2006 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia M. Le Rouge ◽  
Fred Niederman
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Architecture Design ◽  
Management Architecture

scholarly journals Mobile technology to give a resource-based knowledge management advantage to community health nurses in an emerging economies context

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Fletcher-Brown ◽  
Diane Carter ◽  
Vijay Pereira ◽  
Rajesh Chandwani
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Public Health Service ◽  
Health Technology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Knowledge Resource

Purpose Knowledge is a key success factor in achieving competitive advantage. The purpose of this paper is to examine how mobile health technology facilitates knowledge management (KM) practices to enhance a public health service in an emerging economies context. Specifically, the acceptance of a knowledge-resource application by community health workers (CHWs) to deliver breast cancer health care in India, where resources are depleted, is explored. Design/methodology/approach Fieldwork activity conducted 20 semi-structured interviews with frontline CHWs, which were analysed using an interpretive inductive approach. Findings The application generates knowledge as a resource that signals quality health care and yields a positive reputation for the public health service. The CHW’s acceptance of technology enables knowledge generation and knowledge capture. The design facilitates knowledge codification and knowledge transfer of breast cancer information to standardise quality patient care. Practical implications KM insights are provided for the implementation of mobile health technology for frontline health-care professionals in an emerging economies context. The knowledge-resource application can deliver breast cancer care, in localised areas with the potential for wider contexts. The outcomes are valuable for policymakers, health service managers and KM practitioners in an emerging economies context. Social implications The legacy of the mobile heath technology is the normalisation of breast cancer discourse and the technical up-skilling of CHWs. Originality/value First, this paper contributes three propositions to KM scholarship, in a public health care, emerging economies context. Second, via an interdisciplinary theoretical lens (signalling theory and technology acceptance model), this paper offers a novel conceptualisation to illustrate how a knowledge-resource application can shape an organisation’s KM to form a resource-based competitive advantage.

scholarly journals Geographic information systems (GIS) in global public health: A sierra leone case study

2015 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
R. Wilson ◽  
R. Groen ◽  
S. Yambasu ◽  
T. Kamara ◽  
A. Kushner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Geographic Information Systems ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Global Public Health

A Public Health Knowledge Management Repository that Includes Grey Literature

2007 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debra Revere ◽  
Paul F. Bugni ◽  
Sherrilynne Fuller
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Grey Literature

scholarly journals Personalized medicine in Brazil: a new paradigm, old problems

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Pavani ◽  
Guilherme Ary Plonski
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Personalized Medicine ◽  
Clinical Studies ◽  
Research Method ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
High Income ◽  
Public Health Care ◽  
Content Type

Purpose Personalized medicine (PM) encompasses a set of procedures, technologies and medications; the term became more prominent from the 2000s onwards and stems from the mapping of the human genome. The purposes of this study were to analyse the development stage of the process of technological innovation for PM and the obstacles that prevent PM from being adopted in the public health system in Brazil. Design/methodology/approach As a research method, this paper opts for a case study carried out at the Hospital das Clínicas, which belongs to São Paulo Medical School. In total, 22 in-depth interviews were carried out at the hospital to identify current practices in PM, future prospects and barriers imposed to the adoption of PM technologies in public health. Findings Personalized or precision medicine is already a reality for a small portion of the Brazilian population and is gradually gaining ground in public health care. One finding is that such changes are occurring in a disjointed manner in an incomplete and under development health innovation system. The analysis pointed out that the obstacles identified in Brazil are the same as those faced by high-income countries such as regulation, lack of clinical studies and need to adapt clinical studies to PM. They appear in all stages of the innovation cycle, from research to widespread use. Research limitations/implications The research method was a case study, so the findings cannot be extrapolated to other contexts. A limited number of professionals were interviewed, their opinions may not reflect those of their organizations. Originality/value There are several studies that discuss how health-care systems in high-income countries could incorporate these new technologies, but only a few focuses on low or middle-income countries such as Brazil.

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