Next Wave of Tele-Medicine

2017 ◽  
pp. 97-109
Author(s):  
Kelvin J. Bwalya
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Delivery Systems ◽  
Working Space ◽  
Healthcare Delivery Systems ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
To Come ◽  
Application Developers

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are being embedded into healthcare system front-end and back-end platforms both in the developing and developing world contexts in ways unimaginable 20 years ago. This trend has brought about ubiquity culminating into spatial-temporal healthcare delivery models where health practitioners and patients do not need to be simultaneously in the same physical domain in order for healthcare to be delivered. This chapter presents a development projectile of healthcare systems and explores interventions and current trends in pervasive healthcare delivery systems and makes a prognosis of what is to come in future. The first parts of the chapter generally present formulaic concepts about telemedicine. The chapter is hinged on literature and document reviews focussing on innovations in telemedicine and gives a commentary on what needs to be done to achieve true ubiquity in healthcare delivery systems both in the developing and developed world contexts. The chapter posits that pervasiveness will be highly enshrined into healthcare systems to a point where physicians will not have to leave their working space to provide a service. The design of the Defibrillator Drone, for example, provides an opportunity for healthcare application developers to develop information system applications which do not only carry medical supplies from one place to the other, but are able to reason and prescribe medications. With acute advances in the science of robotics and ICTs in general, this is a reality in the foreseeable future.

Next Wave of Tele-Medicine

2017 ◽  
pp. 168-180
Author(s):  
Kelvin J. Bwalya
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Delivery Systems ◽  
Working Space ◽  
Healthcare Delivery Systems ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
To Come ◽  
Application Developers

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are being embedded into healthcare system front-end and back-end platforms both in the developing and developing world contexts in ways unimaginable 20 years ago. This trend has brought about ubiquity culminating into spatial-temporal healthcare delivery models where health practitioners and patients do not need to be simultaneously in the same physical domain in order for healthcare to be delivered. This chapter presents a development projectile of healthcare systems and explores interventions and current trends in pervasive healthcare delivery systems and makes a prognosis of what is to come in future. The first parts of the chapter generally present formulaic concepts about telemedicine. The chapter is hinged on literature and document reviews focussing on innovations in telemedicine and gives a commentary on what needs to be done to achieve true ubiquity in healthcare delivery systems both in the developing and developed world contexts. The chapter posits that pervasiveness will be highly enshrined into healthcare systems to a point where physicians will not have to leave their working space to provide a service. The design of the Defibrillator Drone, for example, provides an opportunity for healthcare application developers to develop information system applications which do not only carry medical supplies from one place to the other, but are able to reason and prescribe medications. With acute advances in the science of robotics and ICTs in general, this is a reality in the foreseeable future.

Digital Literacy in a Lifelong Learning Programme for Adults

2014 ◽  
pp. 841-856
Author(s):  
Athanassios Jimoyiannis ◽  
Maria N. Gravani
Keyword(s):  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Instructional Practices ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Ict Literacy ◽  
Individual Instruction ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
To Come

The study presented explores aspects of adult learning on digital literacy in the context of a lifelong learning programme for social cohesion in Greece. The article outlines the framework of the digital literacy subject and underlines its associated objectives regarding adults' knowledge and competence in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). The exploration draws upon the experiences and perceptions of eight adult ICT educators. The findings reveal that the educators tried to use flexible instructional practices that were adjusted to adult learners' needs and interests. Common effective instructional practices used were: ICT competence sessions, interdisciplinary and multi-literacy lessons, ICT-based projects, individual instruction sessions. Additionally, the article reveals the difficulties that adults faced in the course of developing ICT literacy skills. The paper ends with implications for the design of adult digital literacy courses in lifelong learning programmes, and for the preparation and development of the ICT educators in the years to come.

Digital Literacy in a Lifelong Learning Programme for Adults

2012 ◽  
pp. 109-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Athanassios Jimoyiannis ◽  
Maria Gravani
Keyword(s):  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Instructional Practices ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Ict Literacy ◽  
Individual Instruction ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
To Come

The study presented explores aspects of adult learning on digital literacy in the context of a lifelong learning programme for social cohesion in Greece. The article outlines the framework of the digital literacy subject and underlines its associated objectives regarding adults’ knowledge and competence in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). The exploration draws upon the experiences and perceptions of eight adult ICT educators. The findings reveal that the educators tried to use flexible instructional practices that were adjusted to adult learners’ needs and interests. Common effective instructional practices used were: ICT competence sessions, interdisciplinary and multi-literacy lessons, ICT-based projects, individual instruction sessions. Additionally, the article reveals the difficulties that adults faced in the course of developing ICT literacy skills. The paper ends with implications for the design of adult digital literacy courses in lifelong learning programmes, and for the preparation and development of the ICT educators in the years to come.

A Framework for Citizen-Centric Government Websites

2010 ◽  
pp. 20-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Dianne Lux Wigand
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Public Administrators ◽  
End User ◽  
Government Services ◽  
Government Web Sites ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Government Websites ◽  
To Come

This author argues for a stronger end-user and citizen-centric approach to the development and evaluation of e-government services provided via the Internet. Over the past decade government agencies at all levels have created web sites that provide primarily information and only offer few two-way transactions. The predicted and hoped for resulting transformation of government at all levels due to the advent of Internet services seems yet to occur. The overall development of e-government services has been slow and uneven. To add value to existing and future government web sites, public administrators need to come to grips with a framework presented here and to understand the nature of and relationships among three variables: End-user, task, and channel characteristics and then consider their respective role and impact on channel selection. This framework along with an end-user perspective enables public administrators to assess not only the value of current information and service channels, but newer information and communication technologies such as those found in Web 2.0 or social media developments. Recommendations are offered.

scholarly journals Current State of ICT in Healthcare Delivery in Developing Countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (08) ◽  
pp. 91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adebayo Omotosho ◽  
Peace Ayegba ◽  
Justice Emuoyibofarhe ◽  
Christoph Meinel
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Health Delivery ◽  
Current State ◽  
Quality Health ◽  
Information And Communication

Electronic health is one of the most popular applications of information and communication technologies and it has contributed immensely to health delivery through the provision of quality health service and ubiquitous access at a lower cost. Even though this mode of health service is increasingly becoming known or used in developing nations, these countries are faced with a myriad of challenges when implementing and deploying e-health services on both small and large scale. It is estimated that the Africa population alone carries the highest percentage of the world’s global diseases despite its certain level of e-health adoption. This paper aims at analyzing the progress so far and the current state of e-health in developing countries particularly Africa and propose a framework for further improvement.

Managing technology risks in the healthcare sector: disaster recovery and business continuity planning

2000 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 257-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raja K. Iyer ◽  
Kakoli Bandyopadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Disaster Recovery ◽  
Health Management ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Business Continuity ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Continuity Planning ◽  
Information And Communication

The relentless onslaught of computers and communications technologies has recently descended on the healthcare industry. Fortunately, however, the utilization of technologies in healthcare delivery and administration could not be timelier because of the need to control escalating health costs. While the proliferation of information and communication technologies in healthcare, referred to as health management information systems (HMIS), is certainly long overdue in healthcare organizations (HCOs), it is important to recognize and be prepared for the vulnerabilities of these technologies to natural, technological, and man‐made disasters. This paper describes how HCOs have justifiably become dependent on HMIS and how these organizations may proactively plan for disasters which can impact on HMIS. A phased approach, referred to as the disaster recovery and business continuity (DRBC) planning model, is presented in the paper as an approach to develop and implement business continuity plans in HCOs.

scholarly journals Telemonitoring and remote counseling in hypertensive patients. Looking for new ways to do old jobs

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 337-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
М. V. Ionov ◽  
N. Е. Zvartau ◽  
I. V. Emelyanov ◽  
A. О. Konradi
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Noncommunicable Diseases ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Based Medicine ◽  
Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk Factor

XXI century emphasized humanity to embrace the digital era after a reality of Third and Fourth Industrial Revolutions, nowadays dictating new terms of social networking. It is expected that information and communication technologies integrated with value-based medicine will significantly impact healthcare delivery to tremendous number of patients with socially important noncommunicable diseases. Cardiovascular illnesses comprise the greatest part of such pathologies. Hypertension (HTN) being the most prevalent cardiovascular disease is also the key modifiable cardiovascular risk factor yet seems to be an attractive target for both value-based concept and telehealth interventions. Present review addresses up-to-date science on telehealth, sets out the main well-known, but yet unsolved challenges in management of HTN along with the new approaches involving telemedicine programs, digital health outlooks. The main barriers of telehealth implementation are also considered along with the possible solutions.

scholarly journals INFLUENCE OF ELECTRONIC PARTICIPATION ON SUSTAINABLE GOVERNANCE OF COUNTRY

2021 ◽  
pp. 136-139
Author(s):  
Olha Afonina ◽  
Vitalii Seryohin
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Political Activity ◽  
Industrial Society ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
To Come ◽  
Common Understanding

The world community’s shift from an industrial society to an information one has significantly affected all types of citizens’ political activity. More and more such forms are carried out by information and communication technologies and get constitutional and legislative foundations due to their importance for developing e-democracy and ensuring the political rights and freedoms of citizens. It is an important part of constitutional mechanisms for implementation of political rights as a part of e-democracy. The aforementioned issues are relevant not only from a theoretical point of view, but also in the praxeological aspect. To come to a common understanding of how information and communication technologies can positively support democratic processes such as improving government through engaging citizens in decision-making, this essay concerns the topic of influence of electronic participation on sustainable governance of country.

scholarly journals From Marketing 1.0 To Marketing 4.0 – The Evolution of the Marketing Concept in the Context of the 21ST Century

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 43-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mircea Fuciu ◽  
Luigi Dumitrescu
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Marketing Concept ◽  
Business World ◽  
Business Partners ◽  
Social Actions ◽  
Inclusive Approach ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
To Come ◽  
In The Beginning

Abstract The evolution of the society and that of the information and communication technologies of the last decades have brought great changes in the business world and in the way, companies relate and view the consumers. In this context of the everchanging world of the 21st Century, we must see how the concept of marketing has evolved in the last century and how these shifts must be applied in today’s world. Our paper presents a brief the evolution of the marketing concept from the first ideas of marketing in the beginning of the last century and up to our days, we underline the shifts that have occurred in an interconnected world from an exclusive to an inclusive approach, from individual to social actions etc. We also point out the need to change and adapt the marketing strategy to deliver value to consumers, employees, to business partners and vision to shareholders. We consider that delving further into these aspects will bring forth further knowledge and allow the companies and academics to understand better the changes that will come in the years to come

RFID as the Critical Factor for Superior Healthcare Delivery

2010 ◽  
pp. 823-832
Author(s):  
A. Dwivedi ◽  
T. Butcher
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Healthcare Delivery ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Work Flow ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Prime Objective ◽  
Administrative Expenses

Innovations in information and communication technologies (ICTs) have transformed the manner in which healthcare organizations function. Applications of concepts such as data warehousing and data mining have exponentially increased the amount of information that a healthcare organization has access to. Work flow and associated Internet technologies are being seen as instruments to cut administrative expenses. Specifically designed ICT implementations, such as work flow tools, are being used to automate the electronic paper flow in a managed care operation, thereby cutting administrative expenses (Dwivedi, Bali, & Naguib, 2005, p. 44; Latamore, 1999). These recent innovations in the use of ICT applications in a healthcare context have altered the manner in which healthcare institutions exploit clinical and nonclinical data. The pendulum has shifted from the early 1980s, wherein the emphasis of ICT solutions for healthcare was on storage of data in an electronic medium, the prime objective of which was to allow exploitation of this data at a later point in time. As such, most of the early 1980s ICT applications in healthcare were built to provide support for retrospective information retrieval needs and, in some cases, to analyze the decisions undertaken. Clinical data that was traditionally used in a supportive capacity for historical purposes has today become an opportunity that allows healthcare stakeholders to tackle problems before they arise (Dwivedi et al., 2005).

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