The Knowledge Management Landscape: Implications for Clinical Knowledge Management and Practice

Author

Dwivedi, A.N. ; Bali, R.K. ; Naguib, R.N.G. ; Nassar, N.S.

Author_Institution

Northampton Business School, University College Northampton, UK; Biomedical Computing Research Group (BIOCORE), Coventry University, UK

Volume

2

fYear

2004

fDate

1-5 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

3171

Lastpage

3174

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to determine the future for Knowledge Management (KM) applications that focus on healthcare processes. This is achieved by tracing the evolution of KM by examining how different sectors have formulated industry-specific KM applications, then discussing the key constraints that these sectors have faced whilst formulating industry specific KM applications. It then details how these constraints can impede the coming of age of KM applications for healthcare. The results of several case studies on the future of healthcare KM applications are presented. This paper thus attempts to contribute to the adoption of KM in healthcare by looking at how practitioners can overcome stumbling blocks in KM healthcare applications.

Keywords

Case Study; Clinical Knowledge Management; Business; Communications technology; Educational institutions; Explosions; History; Information technology; Knowledge management; Medical services; North America; Telecommunication traffic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2004. IEMBS '04. 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8439-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2004.1403894

Filename

1403894