Culture and the deployment of health care telematics applications

Author

Demeester, Michel ; Guillen-Barrionuevo, S. ; Millet-Roig, J. ; Traver, V. ; Mocholí-Salcedo, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. de Ingenieria Electron., Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Spain

Volume

3

fYear

1998

fDate

29 Oct-1 Nov 1998

Firstpage

1234

Abstract

Since telematics moved from the development laboratory to the medical practice arena, it has been posed with problems of transferability and integration. Medical knowledge is universal, but medical practice is local and particular. So, the cultural influence on the deployment of health care telematic applications is analysed. Cultural diversity is introduced as a key-though often hidden-factor in determining the success of the deployment of telematic applications in health care environments

Keywords

biomedical communication; health care; medical computing; technology transfer; telemedicine; cultural effect; health care telematics applications; integration; medical knowledge; medical practice; transferability; Biomedical imaging; Humans; Information management; Information technology; Knowledge management; Medical services; Resource management; Technology management; Technology transfer; Telematics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1998. Proceedings of the 20th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5164-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1998.747098

Filename

747098