Title: Knowledge Management: the key to network-centric healthcare

Authors: N. Wickramasinghe, R.K. Bali

Addresses: Stuart School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology, Center for the Management Medical Technology (CMMT), 565 West Adams Street, Chicago, 60661 IL, USA. ' Knowledge Management for Healthcare, (KARMAH) Research Subgroup, Biomedical Computing and Engineering Technologies (BIOCORE) Applied Research Group, Coventry University, Priory Street, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK

Abstract: The adoption and diffusion of e-health and the application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in healthcare is being heralded as the panacea. In this context, a model of network-centric healthcare operations has been proffered as the best way to maximise the benefits of ICT as well as to facilitate the rapid sharing of information and effective knowledge building required for the development of coherent objectives and their subsequent attainment. Integral to the success of such a model is the need to embrace the tools and techniques of Knowledge Management (KM) as elaborated upon in the following paper.

Keywords: healthcare management; healthcare operations; global healthcare; e-health; network-centric healthcare; healthcare technology; ICT; Knowledge Management; KM; electronic healthcare; information technology; communications.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBET.2008.016966

International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, 2008 Vol.1 No.3, pp.342 - 352

Published online: 01 Feb 2008 *

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