Information Technology (IT) Tools and Indian Health Care Sector - The Present Status and Roadmap

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jyoti Manjramkar
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Present Status ◽  
Health Care Sector ◽  
Indian Health

Using health-care technology to manage COVID-19 pandemic: a case of Al-Ain city hospital, UAE

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Jawaher Majdi Al Ahbabi ◽  
Syed Zamberi Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Health Care Sector ◽  
City Hospital ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Limited Knowledge ◽  
It Implementation ◽  
Al Ain ◽  
Employee Resistance

Learning outcomes The teaching objectives of the case study will enable the students as follows: to recognise the challenges of information technology (IT) implementation in the health-care sector associated with employee resistance, to apply the technology acceptance model for analysing the degree of employee resistance, to relate the utilisation of Kotter’s 8-step change management approach in successful IT implementation in the health-care sector and maintenance of employee productivity and to classify the leadership traits reflected by the leaders in training the 600 diverse employee population of Al-Ain hospital. Case overview/synopsis The case highlighted the predicament the government-owned Al-Ain City Hospital, United Arab Emirates, faced following the surge in the incidences of COVID-19 in the country in March 2020. The hospital management decided to initiate the work-from-home arrangement as a non-pharmaceutical intervention of handling the spread of the disease amongst its employees. Fatima Almur, the Information Technology Director in Al-Ain Hospital, asked the Application Support Manager, Aysha Shahwan, to deploy some IT tools significant for remote support to patient care within two weeks. Shahwan faced significant challenges in deploying the IT tools in two weeks given the diverse workforce, with the majority of them having limited knowledge in operating the tools, and hence, their apprehension in the usefulness of the tools. Besides, Shahwan had to deploy some advanced tools for easy and secured access to the electronic health record, telemedicine and telecommuting using mobile phones, tablets or PCs. The deployment of these advanced tools would be jeopardised by employee acceptance and consequent dwindling productivity. Considering the issue of employee acceptance of the change and their limited knowledge, Shahwan had, therefore, to develop training frameworks to boost the former’s perceived usefulness and ease-of-use of the IT tools. Will Shahwan successfully deploy the advanced IT tools to enable the hospital staff, including medical staff and departments, to ensure efficient patient care from a remote location? Will she be able to train the 600 employees across genders, ages and knowledge, use the IT tools and safeguard them from common software threats like email phishing and ransomware? Will the hospital be able to sustain its vision of quality patient care using advanced technologies through this new arrangement of remote support amidst the pandemic when patients are more? Complexity academic level Undergraduate business management. Supplementary materials Teaching Notes are available for educators only. Subject code CSS 10: Public sector management.

HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (DIGITAL HEALTH / HEALTHTECH) START-UPS & COMPANIES IN INDIA – CHALLENGES FACED & WAY FORWARD

2021 ◽  
pp. 64-65
Author(s):  
J.Mariano Anto Bruno Mascarenha
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Health Information Technology ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
Design Data ◽  
Indian Health ◽  
Start Ups

BACKGROUND: rd Despitebeingthe 3 LargestStartupecosystemintheworld,thenumber ofSuccessamong HealthInformationTechnology (DigitalHealth/HealthTech)Start-ups&Companies inIndiais very low. AIM: To understand the challenges that are unique to Indian Health care and how these hurdles lead to failure and also to give suggestions for a way forward SETTINGS AND DESIGN: Data available in Public Domain Regarding various startups and companies in this eld METHODS AND MATERIAL:Various Causes are analyzed and explained. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: Not Used. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Startups and companies have failed because they have failed to understand the cardinal tenets of this eld and have guessed too much and arrived at wrong decisions.

Business: The Electronic Health Record: Front Line Experience

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-22
Author(s):  
Rosemary Griffin
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Electronic Health Record ◽  
Financial Incentives ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Record ◽  
Health Trends ◽  
Electronic Health

National legislation is in place to facilitate reform of the United States health care industry. The Health Care Information Technology and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) offers financial incentives to hospitals, physicians, and individual providers to establish an electronic health record that ultimately will link with the health information technology of other health care systems and providers. The information collected will facilitate patient safety, promote best practice, and track health trends such as smoking and childhood obesity.

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