Many healthcare units are creating cloud strategies and migration plans in order to exploit the benefits of cloud based computing. This generally involves collaboration between healthcare specialists and data management researchers to create a new wave of healthcare technology and services. However, in many cases the technology pioneers are ahead of government policies as cloud based storage of...

Technological innovation in healthcare is growing at a rapid pace. Developments in genetics, stem cell research, bioinformatics, imaging and screening techniques have broadened out the arena of health technology. These developments in sophisticated technology, it is suggested, have the potential to revolutionize the practices of medicine and healthcare by providing more proactive and powerful t...

Abstract Purpose of this paper: This paper presents an analysis toward understanding the business value components that a health care organization can drive by adopting RFID technology into its system. This researcher proposes a framework for evaluating the business value of RFID technology. To do so, emphasis is put on delivering business value through refining business processes and expandin...

Worldwide, healthcare systems are considered unsustainable due to an increase in demand for care and an associated rise in healthcare costs. Ageing of societies and the growth of populations with chronic conditions are making a paradigm shift in western healthcare systems necessary. The Chronic Care Model (CCM) provides a framework for healthcare change, including a prominent role for the commu...

embedding health technology assessment (hta) in a fair process has great potential to capture societal values relevant to public reimbursement decisions on health technologies. however, the development of such processes for priority setting has largely been theoretical. in this paper, we provide further practical lead ways on how these processes can be implemented. we first present the misconce...

Disease management facilitated through information technology could mean a step forward towards a more effective and efficient care of patients afflicted with chronic illnesses. Focusing on diabetes, the paper explores the value proposition of wireless technology in enhancing patient self-management and quality of life. Diabetics' non-compliance with prescribed treatment plans mandates the adop...

BACKGROUND Health care management in disasters is one of the main parts of disaster management. Health in disasters is affected by performance of various sectors, and has an interactive impact on various aspects of disaster management. The aim of this study was to identify the most important themes affecting the healthcare management in disaster. METHOD In this qualitative study with a conten...

objective: in addition to issues such as environment, transportation, safely and urban planning, one of the most important factors  having increasingly influence on urban organizing factors is urban management. methods: there are so many issues in cities that for its solving, urban management factor is necessary. complexity and  extensiveness of urban issue and its  development and growth, led ...

The Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Toledo has been blessed to have had two pioneers in the specialty of anesthesia as faculty members. John (Tom) T. Martin, M.D. was the second Chairman of the Department and a world expert who literally wrote the book on Positioning in Anesthesia and Surgery and associated nerve injuries. He was a prolific writer authoring or co-authoring 48 ...

Inconsistent and incomplete information due to the diversity of isolated information architectures in modern healthcare enterprises is one of the major problems information technology has to face in healthcare. The approach of this work is to apply existing Business Process Management principles to medical information systems providing healthcare enterprises a reliable and timely access to rele...