Title :
On the effectiveness of information-based regional public health services: A case study of the Xiamen Citizen Health Information System
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Public Adm., Zhejiang Gongshang Univ., Hangzhou, China
Abstract :
Information-based regional public health service is an important element of e-government construction. It means the local governments can provide a digital platform to improve their public health services and managements with the building of the comprehensive and effective health information systems. On the basis of a case study of the Citizen Health Information System in Xiamen City, Fujian Province, this paper analyses the huge effectiveness of the information-based regional public health services from three perspectives of technical innovation, problem resolving and multi-beneficiary. Thus, the author believes that local governments must build information-based regional public health services platforms with functions of both information aggregation and information dissemination, so that the citizens can enjoy the higher-quality public services brought by the IT revolution.
Keywords :
government data processing; medical information systems; IT revolution; Xiamen citizen health information system; e-government construction; information aggregation; information dissemination; information-based regional public health service platform; local governments; Cities and towns; Diseases; Electronic government; Information analysis; Information systems; Local government; Management information systems; Medical services; Medical treatment; Public healthcare; case study; citizen health information system; effectiveness analysis; public health services;
Conference_Titel :
Information Management and Engineering (ICIME), 2010 The 2nd IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chengdu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5263-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5265-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICIME.2010.5477863
