Title :
Culture and the deployment of health care telematics applications
Author :
Demeester, Michel ; Guillen-Barrionuevo, S. ; Millet-Roig, J. ; Traver, V. ; Mocholí-Salcedo, A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Ingenieria Electron., Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
fDate :
29 Oct-1 Nov 1998
Abstract :
Since telematics moved from the development laboratory to the medical practice arena, it has been posed with problems of transferability and integration. Medical knowledge is universal, but medical practice is local and particular. So, the cultural influence on the deployment of health care telematic applications is analysed. Cultural diversity is introduced as a key-though often hidden-factor in determining the success of the deployment of telematic applications in health care environments
Keywords :
biomedical communication; health care; medical computing; technology transfer; telemedicine; cultural effect; health care telematics applications; integration; medical knowledge; medical practice; transferability; Biomedical imaging; Humans; Information management; Information technology; Knowledge management; Medical services; Resource management; Technology management; Technology transfer; Telematics;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1998. Proceedings of the 20th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5164-9
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1998.747098
