The Core Governmental Perspectives of E-Health

2011 ◽  
pp. 153-162
Author(s):  
Antti Syväjärvi
Keyword(s):  
Information Flow ◽  
Healthcare Service ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
High Expectations ◽  
Healthcare Needs ◽  
Technological Interventions ◽  
Future Challenges

Public healthcare is facing huge future challenges in order to deal with rising costs, growing demands of customers, information flow, demographic changes, and aging population. The healthcare service sector can be seen as an information intensive area during an era of innovation and information technology (cf. Bellamy & Taylor, 1998). According to McLaughlin, Rosen, Skinner, and Webster (1999), it is common to assume that technological interventions are almost inevitable and it is humans’ duty, at least to some extent, to follow the suggested development. In the organizational level of public healthcare, high expectations about the technology and its new possibilities are introduced. Additionally, the customers can seek support and advice for their healthcare needs from thousands online connections at any time of a day (e.g., Silber, 2003). The European Commission (2004) states how “eHealth offers European citizens important opportunities for improved access to better health systems” (p. 22). This trend has implications to human beings and governments.

Managing Public Healthcare Services in an International Economy

2021 ◽  
pp. 353-377
Author(s):  
Louise Dalingwater
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Healthcare Service ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
International Exchange ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
British Government ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Full Picture ◽  
The Uk ◽  
National Framework

This chapter differs somewhat in its approach to governance issues compared with the previous chapters as it goes beyond the national framework. In essence, the national and sub-national issues at stake do not quite capture the full picture when considering the future challenges of the provision of public healthcare services in the UK. This chapter looks at healthcare service exchanges across borders. Indeed, there has been a significant expansion of services trade, and in particular health services, which have grown not only thanks to a number of institutional frameworks but also to the support of the British government and health stakeholders. However, there are also a number of risks involved in the international exchange of health services, which can have a significant impact on public healthcare systems.

scholarly journals Design of Elderly Behaviour Analytics Model in the Healthcare Industry in Hong Kong

2019 ◽  
Vol 255 ◽  
pp. 04005
Author(s):  
Paul K.Y. Siu ◽  
K.L. Choy ◽  
H.Y. Lam
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Service ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Healthcare Industry ◽  
Healthcare Needs ◽  
The Government

Due to the advancement of living standard and medical technologies, the life expectancy of people is further extended which brings tremendous impact to the society in the near future. The ageing population not only increases the pressure to public healthcare services, but also brings urgent needs in long term healthcare resources allocation planning in the society. This paper presents an Elderly Behaviour Analytics Model (EBAM) to identify the hospital healthcare service preferences of elderly for the future planning of healthcare industry. By conducting an elderly-targeted survey, the collected data is analysed to understand the factors affecting the decision of elderly to acquire healthcare services in hospitals. The model applies the genetic algorithm-guided clustering-based association rule mining approach for the segmentation of hospital service preferences of the elderly, and, the identification of relationship between personal characteristics within each cluster. This research study contributes to the understanding the actual healthcare needs of elderly which allows the government and healthcare service providers to adjust or modify the elderly policies and service content.

Managing Public Healthcare Services in an International Economy

2020 ◽  
pp. 217-252
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Healthcare Service ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
International Exchange ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
British Government ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Full Picture ◽  
The Uk ◽  
National Framework

This chapter differs somewhat in its approach to governance issues compared with the previous chapters as it goes beyond the national framework. In essence, the national and sub-national issues at stake do not quite capture the full picture when considering the future challenges of the provision of public healthcare services in the UK. This chapter looks at healthcare service exchanges across borders. Indeed, there has been a significant expansion of services trade, and in particular health services, which have grown not only thanks to a number of institutional frameworks but also to the support of the British government and health stakeholders. However, there are also a number of risks involved in the international exchange of health services, which can have a significant impact on public healthcare systems.

Perception of Professionals towards Effectiveness of Human Resource Information System

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bharti Motwani
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Training Programme ◽  
Middle Level ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Human Resource Information System ◽  
Resource Information ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Operational Decision Making ◽  
The Impact

Organizations are facing stiff market and other external pulls and pushes, thus HR will become vital source for managing future challenges. HRIS is an information system that makes use of computers to monitor, control, and influence the movement of human beings from the time they indicate their intention to join an organization till the time they separate from it. The purpose of the HRIS is to provide service, in the form of accurate and timely information, to the clients of the system. As there are a variety of potential users of HR information, it may be used for strategic, tactical, and operational decision making (e.g., to plan for needed professionals in a merger), to avoid litigation (e.g., to identify discrimination problems in hiring), to evaluate programmes, policies, or practices (e.g., to evaluate the effectiveness of a training programme), and/or to support daily operations (e.g., to help managers monitor time and attendance of their professionals). However, in order to maximize HRIS success, researchers and practitioners have to know more about its underlying drivers. The study is undertaken looking to the importance of HRIS in the organizations. The paper identifies the factors of HRIS as perceived by professional users. This study is also an attempt to study the impact of designation on identified factors of Human Resource Information System (HRIS). The results of this research will increase researchers comprehension on difference in factors that influence effectiveness of senior and middle-level professionals.

Supply chain information governance: toward a conceptual framework

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 506-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joonhwan In ◽  
Randy Bradley ◽  
Bogdan C. Bichescu ◽  
Chad W. Autry
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Information Flow ◽  
Information Quality ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Performance Outcomes ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Information Flows ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Information Governance

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a scalable conceptual framework for governance of supply chain (SC) information flows by re-contextualizing the organizational concept of information governance as an SC concept. Design/methodology/approach This study leverages the strategy-structure-process-performance (SSPP) theory base to explain how effective SC information governance relates to improved internal SC performance. Via an in-depth literature review followed by conceptual theory building, the key features of organizational-level information governance are cast into a theoretical framework. Findings This study presents the theoretical framework that explains how SC information governance should contribute to improved internal SC performance. The proposed framework provides a theoretical basis for future research on SC information governance and would become a useful first step to extend the concept of SC information governance at the SC level. Practical implications SC managers should be aware that information governance mechanisms, rather than the management of basic, information flow-directed processes, to yield the best performance outcomes. Because of the numerous touch points information has in complex SCs, managing the quality of SC information through broader, higher-level governance standards is more important than maximizing connectivity and information flows, and information governance structures/policies across organizations should be designed accordingly. Originality/value This study theoretically links SC information governance and internal SC performance via information quality. It also advances the understanding of SC information flow by challenging the implicit but flawed assumption that uniformity of information quality within the supply chain to create the best outcomes.

scholarly journals Research on Library Construction and Management Mode Innovation of Higher Vocational Colleges in the Era of Big Data

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 51
Author(s):  
Bing Gao ◽  
Suqin Dong
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Operation Mode ◽  
Management Mode ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Library Management ◽  
Continuous Innovation ◽  
New Development ◽  
Future Challenges ◽  
Vocational Colleges

<p>Human beings have entered the era of big data. China has made remarkable achievements in information technology. In this situation, the libraries of higher vocational colleges are also facing new opportunities and challenges, and the construction and management of libraries have been greatly affected. The traditional library management and operation mode have been unable to meet the needs of users. With the development and popularization of information technology, the management of library also needs continuous innovation and development. Some libraries in China have introduced information technology into their own management and construction. In this new development situation, library managers should seriously consider how to grasp the historical opportunity and deal with various future challenges more effectively under the background of the era of big data and information. This paper will analyze the library management and construction mode of higher vocational colleges, and discuss how to carry out the innovation of library management mode under the background of big data.</p>

scholarly journals Technology as an Extension of Personal Capabilities. Reflections for Organizational Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 41-61
Author(s):  
Miguel Agustín Ortega Carrillo ◽  
Diana del Consuelo Caldera González
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Development ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Human Dimension ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The People ◽  
Formal Distribution

The present work discusses the importance of the interaction between human beings and technology in the organization. Technology is frequently analyzed at the organizational level from two perspectives. For the Administration, the technology is relevant because it is evident that its use increases production. For Sociology, technology is assumed as a factor that modifies the structure and implies changes in power’s formal distribution. This paper exposes the perspective of organizational development provided with an inherent understanding of the human deeper dimensions. If technology is gaze at as an extension of the capabilities of human beings, then the analysis of the organization is improved with a better understanding of how people interact with technology. Whether technology is seen by people as an enhancer of their own faculties, a competitor who displaces them from their tasks, an active collaborator to achieve objectives, or the achiever of what is simply out of reach of the action of the human being; the study of organizational development need to take account of the interaction between people and technology. The people manifest several degrees of appropriation or rejection of technologies into the organization. Beyond what it is technology, a person attributes it meanings. For the members of an organization, sometimes technology represent a form of dehumanization, although in others it signifies a profound expression of their human dimension. This research is an exploration of these nuances in the organization.

Strategic Healthcare Service Management

2019 ◽  
pp. 1217-1235
Author(s):  
Bhagyashri Subhash Sangamnere ◽  
Kalyani Srinivas C
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Service ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Service Management ◽  
Service Industry ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Improve Quality ◽  
Perceived Satisfaction ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Optimum Cost

Healthcare is a service industry and it consists of health organizations (hospitals, clinics etc.), people (patients, doctors and nurses) and health technologies. Healthcare organizations are complex in nature and need to improve quality while maintaining optimum cost. Patient is final consumer of health services and he is the customer hence healthcare service quality is nothing but perceived satisfaction by patient. Prevalent trends in healthcare industry such as emerging healthcare technology, increasing demand, changing disease patterns and growing government support are contributing to a need to achieve efficiency and set benchmarks by overcoming challenges in healthcare service sector being underserved and under-consumed. There is a scope to improve quality and efficiency using various strategies like adopting advanced technologies and positioning in order to achieve delight in delivery of healthcare services. Major healthcare players are adopting unique strategies irrespective of their diverse geographical presence and range of services from single specialty, super-specialty or multispecialty to deliver healthcare services efficiently.

How can Telemedicine Benefit from Broadband Technologies?

2010 ◽  
pp. 1913-1929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Gulla
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Healthcare Service ◽  
Early Discharge ◽  
Psychological Status ◽  
Public Healthcare ◽  
Population Development ◽  
National Healthcare ◽  
Marche Region ◽  
Care Assistance ◽  
Global Growth

The present chapter focuses on some aspects of the state of the art of telemedicine systems and their use over broadband. It starts with a brief summary of the most popular telecommunication technologies to give the reader an overview of today’s broadband technology and methods. Some important deployment data are included showing the global growth and use in many countries. Results of very significant pilot projects using videocommunication implemented in Italy and in Europe are taken into consideration, demonstrating the benefits of the patient’s psychological status in conjunction with health care assistance. The chapter proposition is to show a business model, based on an Italian reality exploiting the Marche region population development and healthcare statistics. The simulation example is the adaptation of telemedicine solution for early hospital discharge applied to a public healthcare structure, typically a hospital. The model takes into account the possible adaptation of an “early discharge solution” implemented with portable telemonitoring light videocommunication terminals, which, thanks to broadband availability, may be installed at the patient’s home for a predefined period (typically 7 to 10 days). The simulation aims to highlight and dimension cost reduction or, in a more appropriate view, give the percentage of resource that can be relocated to provide a better service and how a national healthcare service may take advantage of these scenarios.

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