A health information system (HIS) is the intersection of between healthcare’s business process, and information systems to deliver better healthcare services. The nature of healthcare industry, which is highly influenced by economic, social, politic, and technological factors, has changed over time. This paper will address some important concepts of healthcare and related terminologies to provi...

The Healthcare industry is undergoing a paradigm shift from healthcare institution-centred care to a citizen-centred care that emphasises on continuity of care from prevention to rehabilitation. The recent development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), especially the Internet and its related technologies has become the main driver of the paradigm shift. Managing relationship wit...

The healthcare industry, with more than one trillion dollars in revenue, accounts for about one-seventh of the U.S. economy. A significant portion of this revenue is lost to escalating healthcare system costs. This article examines the shortcomings of the traditional healthcare delivery system in terms of information flow, communication standards, case collections, and IT spending. It makes the...

Medicine 2.0 has emerged within healthcare information technology to enable more defined relationships among providers and patients. Physicians, hospitals, and patients are using Medicine 2.0 through social networking to maintain their foothold in the evolution of medical technologies. The authors' purpose was to determine potential improvements that Medicine 2.0 has on communication and collab...

With the coming of a super-aging society, Japan is faced with pressing social problems including medical expenditures increasing at an annual rate of about 1 trillion yen and an overstretched healthcare system—drastic structural reform in healthcare and medical care has become an urgent matter. Under the Japan Revitalization Strategy (revised in June 2014) to promote national growth, Japan aims...

Bringing in manpower to any of the organizations this world is responsibility Human Resource Management. HR plays as a front foot source recruiting and selecting right capable people for specific organizational roles. Its The Department Within Organization Which oversees all things employee-related i.e., beginning from hiring till terminating employee company. In Developing Countries, Healthcar...

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