Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/TENCON.2009.5395913
