OECD Health Policy Studies [electronic resource] : The Role of Information and Communication Technologies
Publishing, OECD.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentCorporate Author
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentContributor
Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,
2010.
Despite the promise they hold out, implementing information and communication technologies (ICTs) in clinical care has proven to be a very difficult undertaking. More than a decade of efforts provide a picture of significant public investments, resulting in both notable successes and some highly publicised costly delays and failures. This has been accompanied by a failure to achieve widespread understanding among the general public and the medical profession of the benefits of electronic record keeping and information exchange.  . With consistent cross-country information on these issues large
Description based upon print version of record.
Foreword; Table of Contents; Abbreviations; Executive summary; Introduction; Generating Value from Health ICTs; What Prevents Countries from Improving Efficiency through ICTs?; Aligning Incentives with Health System Priorities; Enabling a Secure Exchange of Information; Using Benchmarking to Support Continuous Improvement; Annex A. Country case studies; Annex B. Project background and methodology
Despite the promise they hold out, implementing information and communication technologies (ICTs) in clinical care has proven to be a very difficult undertaking. More than a decade of efforts provide a picture of significant public investments, resulting in both notable successes and some highly publicised costly delays and failures. This has been accompanied by a failure to achieve widespread understanding among the general public and the medical profession of the benefits of electronic record keeping and information exchange.  . With consistent cross-country information on these issues large
Medical care -- Information technology.
Medical informatics.
Medical technology.
OECD Health Policy Studies