ROLE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN MEDICINE.
Keywords:
information technology, confidentiality, computer, medical scienceAbstract
Information technology (IT) is the application of computers and telecommunications equipment to store, retrieve, transmit and manipulate data, often in the context of a business or other enterprise. Today information technology is used in wide range of fields and one of the upcoming fields is of Medical Science, which is known as Health Information Technology (HIT).
Downloads
References
Yeo CJJ. Ethical dilemmas of the practice of medicine in the information technology age. Singapore Med J 2003; 44:141-4.
Ng EST. Ethical dilemmas of healthcare delivery in the information technology age. Singapore Med J 2003; 44:145-8.
The goal of medicine: Setting new priorities. Hasting Center Report, special supplement Nov-Dec 1996.
Dansky L. Electronic medical records: are physicians ready? J Healthcare Management 1999;44:454-455.
Blum E. Paperless medical record not all it s cracked up to be. AMNews Feb17, 2003 [online]. Available at: http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/ amnews/pick_03/bica0217.htm. Last accessed: 11 Feb 2003.
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organisations (JCAHO). Protecting personal health information - overview of the challenges (2000).
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Articles published in this journal are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0). Under this license:
- Share: Copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
- Adapt: Remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, including commercially
Attribution required: You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Authors retain copyright of their work while granting the journal first publication rights.
