The Australian e‐Health Research Centre: enabling the health care information and communication technology revolution

2011 ◽  
Vol 194 (S4) ◽  
Author(s):  
David P Hansen ◽  
Phil Gurney ◽  
Gary Morgan ◽  
Bruce Barraclough
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Health Care Information ◽  
Technology Revolution ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Care Information

scholarly journals The Implementation of Evidence-based Practice (EBP) and Information and Communication Technology (ICT)-based Health Care Information in Depok City: Stakeholders’ Perspectives

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agus Setiawan ◽  
Melati Fajarini ◽  
Sri Rahayu
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Health Care Information ◽  
Private Hospitals ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Care Information ◽  
Doctors And Nurses

Background: The role of stakeholders is imperative to support the implementation of Evidence Based Practice (EBP) and Information and Communication Technology (ICT)-based health care information system. EBP and ICT is crucial to ensure that doctors and nurses provide care based on current and appropriate evidence. Purpose: This study aimed to explore the implementation of EBP and ICT-based health care information access by doctors and nurses from the stakeholders’ perspectives. Methods: Semi structured interviews were conducted with 11 participants consisting of management representatives from Depok public hospital (RSUD), private hospitals, private clinics, and Depok city health office between November and December 2017. Data were recorded, transcribed, and analyzed thematically.Findings: It was found that the availability and readiness of the ICT sources mostly sufficient; While the doctors and nurses are allowed to conduct research activities in the facility, none have conducted it; There are seminars and forums where doctors and nurses disseminate clinical cases in hospitals, however issues related to current EBP were hardly discussed; While the managements support doctors and nurses to implement EBP, there is no particular policy and funding allocated for research and training related to EBP; Public and private hospitals have clinical instructors, however their area of work are still mainly on assisting trainings and students practice.Conclusion and Recommendations: There is a scant of EBP implementation in health care facilities in Depok city. However, several potentials of EBP enhancement are identified in terms of ICT, scientific forum, and the willingness of the management to enhance EBP. Advocacy on policy and resource arrangement is urged so that health workers would enhance their practice based on current evidence

scholarly journals The impact of the use of health information and communication technology on health care delivery in Manitoba, Canada

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Israel R Kabashiki ◽  
Ngozi I Moneke
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Health Care Delivery ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Quality Of Health Care ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Wait Times ◽  
Information And Communication

Background: Health Information and Communication Technology (HICT) has the potential to reduce patient wait time and improves patient satisfaction. The Long wait times for patients to receive medical services are a big issue in Canada. The Canadian government has invested in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to shorten patient referral wait times for medical services. Little was known about the association between ICT investments and the quality of health care delivery, and particularly between the use of ICT and referral wait times in the Manitoba Health System (MHS). Methods: The purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to determine if a relationship existed between the use of HICT and the quality of health care delivery in the MHS. The quality of health care delivery was measured in terms of referral wait time, health information sharing effectiveness, physicians’ satisfaction, and patients’ satisfaction. Conclusion: Findings indicated the absence of a significant association between HICT use and referral wait times. Significant correlations were found to exist between (1) HICT use and health information sharing effectiveness, (2) HICT use and physician’s satisfaction, and (3) HICT use and patient’s satisfaction. Four recommendations emerged from this study: First, patient satisfaction should be used as an indicator of the quality of health care delivery. Second, health knowledge repository and expert systems should be integrated into health ICT systems to minimize unnecessary referrals. Third, a mixed health system should be implemented to shorten wait times. Fourth, the portability of the Canadian Medicare should be enhanced to allow Manitobans in particular and Canadians in general to seek medical services abroad. This study was intended to contribute to the existing body of knowledge associated with ICT investments’ outcomes and health care delivery in the MHS.  

scholarly journals Introduction: Ethics of Information Technology in Health Care

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 2-5
Author(s):  
Georg Marckmann ◽  
Kenneth W Goodman
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Theme Issue ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Computer Based

Computer-based information and communication technologies continue to transform the delivery of health care and the conception and scientific understanding of the human body and the diseases that afflict it. While information technology has the potential to improve the quality and efficiency of patient care, it also raises important ethical and social issues. This IRIE theme issue seeks to provide a forum to identify, analyse and discuss the ethical and social issues raised by various applications of information and communication technology in medicine and health care. The contributions give a flavour of the extraordinarily broad landscape shaped by the intersection of medicine, computing and ethics. In fact, their diversity suggests that much more work is needed to clarify issues and approaches, and to provide practical tools for clinicians.

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