How to Start or Improve a KM System in a Hospital or Healthcare Organization

2005 ◽  
pp. 44-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. H. Rubenstein ◽  
E. Geisler
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Healthcare Organization ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Knowledge Management Systems ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Important Means

One of the key factors that distinguishes enterprises of the 21st Century is the emphasis on knowledge and information. Knowledge management is an important means by which organizations can better manage information, and more importantly, knowledge. Unlike other techniques, knowledge management is not always easy to define, because it encompasses a range of concepts, management tasks, technologies, and practices, all of which come under the umbrella of the knowledge management. This chapter deals with two aspects of knowledge management systems: (a) why KM systems are needed, and (b) how to get started on designing and rolling out a new or improved KM system. The inferences are drawn from the direct experiences the authors have had during their academic and consulting activities in many health sector organizations.

How to Start or Improve a KM System in a Hospital or Healthcare Organization

2011 ◽  
pp. 1395-1398
Author(s):  
A.H. Rubenstein ◽  
E. Geisler
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Healthcare Organization ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Knowledge Management Systems ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Important Means

One of the key factors that distinguishes enterprises of the 21s t Century is the emphasis on knowledge and information. Knowledge management is an important means by which organizations can better manage information, and more importantly, knowledge. Unlike other techniques, knowledge management is not always easy to define, because it encompasses a range of concepts, management tasks, technologies, and practices, all of which come under the umbrella of the knowledge management. This chapter deals with two aspects of knowledge management systems: (a) why KM systems are needed, and (b) how to get started on designing and rolling out a new or improved KM system. The inferences are drawn from the direct experiences the authors have had during their academic and consulting activities in many health sector organizations.

E-Cocreation of Knowledge through Informal Communications

2011 ◽  
pp. 135-153
Author(s):  
Kazushi Nishimoto
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Base ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Professional Knowledge ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Knowledge Management Systems ◽  
Free Riders ◽  
It Knowledge ◽  
Informal Communications

It is pointed out that the 21st century is an era of knowledge creation where productivity of knowledge is more important than the productivity of things. Therefore, improvement of the productivity of knowledge is an urgent demand from public organizations i.e., industry, academia and government as well as personal individuals. As a method to achieve it, knowledge management systems have recently been studied and developed. However, there have been few cases that could successfully improve the productivity of knowledge; many systems have been installed but not used. One of the principal problems of the ordinary attempts is, I think, the unbalanced way for sharing the knowledge. For example, experts are required to voluntarily provide their professional knowledge to create and to maintain a knowledge-base with many efforts so that novices as free riders can readily exploit the knowledge-base without any efforts. In order to solve and/or to avoid this problem, I focused on informal communications by chance as places for sharing knowledge and my laboratory has been constructed various e-cocreation systems to support sharing and creating knowledge in the informal communications. This chapter introduces some of the research efforts conducted in the author’s laboratory.

An Overview of Knowledge Management

2011 ◽  
pp. 1-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jatinder D. Gupta ◽  
Sushil K. Sharma ◽  
Jeffrey Hsu
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
21St Century ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Business Enterprise ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Improve Efficiency ◽  
The Past ◽  
Broad View ◽  
Important Means

One of the key factors that distinguishes the intelligent business enterprise of the 21st century is the emphasis on knowledge and information. Unlike businesses of the past, the fast, high-tech, and global emphasis of businesses today requires the ability to capture, manage, and utilize knowledge and information in order to improve efficiency, better serve customers, manage the competition, and keep pace with never-ending changes. Knowledge management is an important means by which organizations can better manage information and, more importantly, knowledge. Unlike other techniques, knowledge management is not always easy to define because it encompasses a range of concepts, management tasks, technologies, and practices, all of which come under the umbrella of the management of knowledge. This chapter takes a broad view of the topic of knowledge management and aims to provide a comprehensive overview of knowledge management — the technologies, processes, and concepts involved, and the challenges and future of this important area.

Knowledge Management in Healthcare

2005 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sushil K. Sharma ◽  
Nilmini Wickramasinghe ◽  
Jatinder N.D. Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Biomedical Research ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Financial Constraints ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Knowledge Management Systems ◽  
Healthcare Outcomes ◽  
Healthcare Organizations

Healthcare organizations are facing many challenges in the 21st Century due to changes taking place in global healthcare systems. Spiraling costs, financial constraints, increased emphasis on accountability and transparency, changes in education, growing complexities of biomedical research, new partnerships in healthcare and great advances in IT suggest that a predominant paradigm shift is occurring. This shift is necessitating a focus on interaction, collaboration and increased sharing of information and knowledge which is in turn leading healthcare organizations to embrace the techniques of Knowledge Management (KM) in order to create and sustain optimal healthcare outcomes. This chapter describes the importance of knowledge management systems for healthcare organizations and provides an overview of knowledge management technologies and tools that may be used by healthcare organizations.

Knowledge Management in Healthcare

2011 ◽  
pp. 1859-1870
Author(s):  
Sushil K. Sharma ◽  
Nilmini Wickramasinghe ◽  
Jatinder N.D. Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Biomedical Research ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Financial Constraints ◽  
Healthcare Systems ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Knowledge Management Systems ◽  
Healthcare Outcomes ◽  
Healthcare Organizations

Healthcare organizations are facing many challenges in the 21st Century due to changes taking place in global healthcare systems. Spiraling costs, financial constraints, increased emphasis on accountability and transparency, changes in education, growing complexities of biomedical research, new partnerships in healthcare and great advances in IT suggest that a predominant paradigm shift is occurring. This shift is necessitating a focus on interaction, collaboration and increased sharing of information and knowledge which is in turn leading healthcare organizations to embrace the techniques of Knowledge Management (KM) in order to create and sustain optimal healthcare outcomes. This chapter describes the importance of knowledge management systems for healthcare organizations and provides an overview of knowledge management technologies and tools that may be used by healthcare organizations.

An Overview of Knowledge Management

2011 ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jatinder N.D. Gupta ◽  
Sushil K. Sharma ◽  
Jeffrey Hsu
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
21St Century ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Business Enterprise ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
Improve Efficiency ◽  
The Past ◽  
Broad View ◽  
Important Means

One of the key factors that distinguishes the intelligent business enterprise of the 21st century is the emphasis on knowledge and information. Unlike businesses of the past, the fast, high-tech, and global emphasis of businesses today requires the ability to capture, manage, and utilize knowledge and information in order to improve efficiency, better serve customers, manage the competition, and keep pace with never-ending changes. Knowledge management is an important means by which organizations can better manage information and, more importantly, knowledge. Unlike other techniques, knowledge management is not always easy to define because it encompasses a range of concepts, management tasks, technologies, and practices, all of which come under the umbrella of the management of knowledge. This chapter takes a broad view of the topic of knowledge management and aims to provide a comprehensive overview of knowledge management — the technologies, processes, and concepts involved, and the challenges and future of this important area.

scholarly journals Applications of Ontologies in Knowledge Management Systems

2014 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-80
Author(s):  
Zobia Rehman ◽  
Claudiu V. Kifor
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Organizational Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Bases ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Knowledge Management Systems ◽  
Artificial Intelligence Techniques ◽  
Poor Management

Abstract Enterprises are realizing that their core asset in 21st century is knowledge. In an organization knowledge resides in databases, knowledge bases, filing cabinets and peoples' head. Organizational knowledge is distributed in nature and its poor management causes repetition of activities across the enterprise. To get true benefits from this asset, it is important for an organization to “know what they know”. That’s why many organizations are investing a lot in managing their knowledge. Artificial intelligence techniques have a huge contribution in organizational knowledge management. In this article we are reviewing the applications of ontologies in knowledge management realm

Social Influence and Knowledge Management Systems Use: Evidence from Panel Data

MIS Quarterly ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 299-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yinglei Wang ◽  
◽  
Darren B. Meister ◽  
Peter H. Gray ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Social Influence ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Knowledge Management Systems

Utilizing a systematic literature review to develop an integrated framework for information and knowledge management systems

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 250-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chulatep Senivongse ◽  
Alex Bennet ◽  
Stefania Mariano
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Specific Area ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Knowledge Management Systems ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Integrated Framework ◽  
Information And Knowledge Management

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the value of using a systematic literature review to develop an integrated framework for information and knowledge management systems. Design/methodology/approach First, the systematic literature review method is introduced, differentiating it from traditional literature reviews in terms of value-added and limitations. Second, this methodology is used in a research application focused on absorptive capacity internal capabilities with regard to the processes of acquisition, assimilation, transformation and exploitation. Third, an integrated framework for information and knowledge management systems is developed from this application. Findings The systematic literature review approach provides a rigor that can assist in reducing researcher bias while simultaneously enabling the definition of a precise scope of review, with a clear explanation of selection criteria with the objective to find and review all the studies that are relevant to the search definitions. As a research method, it effectively supports a qualitative, quantitative or mixed methodology. Research limitations/implications This methodology was applied to one specific area of research. Specific limitations include the availability of articles in subscribed databases and the analytical capabilities of the tools used for text mining and analytics. Originality/value This paper demonstrates the usefulness of the systematic literature review methodology in developing an integrated framework for analysis.

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