Transatlantic Health IT Policies: Opportunities for Small Businesses and Health Systems

Health Tourism: Opportunities, Constraints, Obstacles and Solutions

Global Health IT Policies Accelerating Healthcare Transformation

1 Nations around the globe have shown encouraging progress that demonstrates how the effective use of ICT in healthcare can improve access to and quality of care, reduce costs, and improve satisfaction among both patients and providers. INTRODUCTION Information and communications technology (ICT) has transformed nearly every aspect of modern life, from banking to travel to commerce. The healthc...

State Health Insurance Mandates, Consumer Directed Health Plans and Health Savings Accounts: Are They a Panacea for Small Businesses?

This product is part of the RAND Institute for Civil Justice working paper series. RAND working papers are intended to share researchers’ latest findings and to solicit informal peer review. They have been approved for circulation by the RAND Institute for Civil Justice but have not been formally edited. Unless otherwise indicated, working papers can be quoted and cited without permission of th...

A Systematic Review Opportunities and Challenges of Tele-cardiology in Health Care Systems

Aim: Telecardiology provides a useful diagnostic tool for accurate and rapid diagnosis of patients with cardiac disorders to specialist and general practitioners. In this study, a systematic review was conducted to identify effective components and approaches in Telecardiology, such as the opportunities and challenges of applying this system in different domains. Information sources or data: T...

Mental health information systems: problems and opportunities

Medical and nursing staff in acute specialities spend up to 25%of their working lives collecting, analysing, using and communicating information (Audit Commission, 1995). It is likely that staff delivering mental health care, which often involves services and staff based in a number of locations and inter-agency collaboration, spend just as much of their time on these activities. Despite this e...