Title :
Reflections on Information Technology in Biomedicine
Author_Institution :
VTT Tech. Res. Centre of Finland, Espoo
Abstract :
Healthcare services are changing. One of the change drivers is the inclusion of individuals (patients) into health service delivery with the objective of proactively addressing health problems as early as possible. Another change driver is information technology, which enables new improved health services and also new ways of organizing and delivering these. The established relations between stakeholders are the major barrier in making the change towards a health continuum environment.
Keywords :
health care; medical computing; medical information systems; biomedicine; healthcare services; information technology; stakeholder; Aging; Bioinformatics; Biomedical imaging; Driver circuits; Information technology; Knowledge management; Legislation; Medical services; Organizing; Reflection; IT for health; Information technology in biomedicine; electronic patient record; health continuum; personal health systems; systems biology;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology Applications in Biomedicine, 2007. ITAB 2007. 6th International Special Topic Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1868-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1868-8
DOI :
10.1109/ITAB.2007.4407419
