DocumentCode
467916
Title
The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies
Author
Wells, P.
fYear
2007
fDate
2-3 Oct. 2007
Firstpage
151
Lastpage
172
Abstract
In December 2006, the Royal Society published its report on "Digital healthcare: the impact of information and communication technologies on health and healthcare". The report looked at the wide 10-15 year horizon of ICTs in health and healthcare and its findings and conclusions are highly relevant to the assessment of what may be achievable in the move of healthcare from hospital to the home. ICTs will be both enablers and drivers of change. Some ICTs will save money, some will not. Learning, training and support are key issues. There will be dilemmas in security and confidentiality. An incremental approach to the implementation of ICTs is advocated, with complete user involvement.
Keywords
health care; information technology; medical computing; telemedicine; complete user involvement; confidentiality; digital healthcare; hospital; information and communication technology; learning; security; training;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Medical Electrical Devices and Technology, 2007. MEDTECH 2007. 2007 3rd Institution of Engineering and technology International Conference on
Conference_Location
London
ISSN
0539-9989
Print_ISBN
978-0-86341-845-7
Type
conf
Filename
4375411
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