Tracking the healthcare management landscape: implications for integrated healthcare management and practice

Author

Dwivedi, A.N. ; Bali, R.K. ; Naguib, R.N.G. ; Baskaran, V. ; Nassar, N.S.

Author_Institution

Biomed. Comput. Res. Group, Coventry Univ., UK

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

17-21 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

1240

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to examine the feasibility of incorporating the Knowledge Management (KM) paradigm in healthcare. We discuss whether it would be beneficial for healthcare organisations to adopt the KM paradigm so as to facilitate effective decision-making in the context of healthcare delivery. Alternative healthcare management concepts with respect to their ability in providing a solution to the above mentioned issue are reviewed. This paper concludes that the KM paradigm can transform the healthcare sector. Based on empirical data and a long-term healthcare case study, a preliminary conceptual analysis of alternative healthcare management concepts is presented. The results reveal that KM can assist healthcare institutions (His) in making healthcare processes more effective.

Keywords

decision making; health care; knowledge management; medical information systems; reviews; conceptual analysis; decision-making; healthcare delivery; healthcare institutions; integrated healthcare management; knowledge management; review; Biomedical computing; Data mining; Decision making; Information technology; Knowledge management; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Technological innovation; Technology management; Warehousing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2003. Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7789-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2003.1279480

Filename

1279480