EVALUATING THE EXISTING INFORMATION-BASED HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS (A CASE STUDY)

Improving healthcare and staying healthy is one of the most discussed and important issues in our society. The adoption of Informatics systems in healthcare sector have very strong and successful endeavor for the provision of better healthcare services. Thus the focus of this study is to develop a deeper understanding of how, in an information-rich environment information systems can help to provide better healthcare services. The results of the study suggests that a consistent guidelines be developed and agreed across the board regarding the processing of health data, with specific clarifications regarding diagnostic notes, which emphasize and guarantee its protection and confidentiality, as well as unrestricted access by the patients to their own data. In addition to that potential technical knowledge difficulties can be overcome by ensuring that the application is both technically feasible and clinically acceptable. Further, all stakeholders (citizens, healthcare professionals and policy makers) must accept the introduction of healthcare information systems. The findings of this research may help the policy makers while taking the decision for implementation of information systems in healthcare sector.