The use of emerging technology to improve the performance of health service delivery

Author

Chowdhury, Belal ; D´Souza, C. ; Sultana, Nasreen

Author_Institution

Sch. of Manage., La Trobe Univ., Melbourne, VIC, Australia

fYear

2009

fDate

23-26 Jan. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The objective of the research is to review the underlying principles based on performance in the health care sector. Performance indicators such as efficiency, acceptability, equity and quality are some of the measures considered. The research demonstrates the use of emerging technology (e.g., RFID - Radio Frequency Identification) to reduce health care costs and also facilitate the automating and streamlining of healthcare management process (e.g., patient and equipment identification) in hospitals. It outlines the design and application of real-time RFID-enabled Hospital Information System (HIS) applications.

Keywords

health care; medical information systems; radiofrequency identification; health care costs reduction; health care performance indicators; health service delivery; healthcare management process; hospital equipment identification; patient identification; performance acceptability; performance efficiency; performance equity; performance quality; radio frequency identification; real-time RFID enabled hospital information system; Costs; Disaster management; Hospitals; Management information systems; Medical services; Quality management; Radio spectrum management; Radiofrequency identification; Real time systems; Technology management; Efficiency; Healthcare Performance; Quality; RFID and HIS;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

TENCON 2009 - 2009 IEEE Region 10 Conference

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4546-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4547-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TENCON.2009.5395913

Filename

5395913