Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities
Year : 2011, Volume : 1, Issue : 4
First page : ( 349) Last page : ( 358)
Online ISSN : 2249-7315.

Role of information technology in healthcare infrastructure

Mrs. Sasirekha P.*, Lecturer in Commerce

*Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women.

Online published on 3 January, 2012.

Abstract

Information and communication technologies (ICT) are being widely used in healthcare management systems. Rapid advancements in ICT in the last decade or so provide solutions to the problems in healthcare management systems. These include a wide spectrum of issues such as patient safety, dietary management, telemedicine, digital imaging, document management etc. This paper explores the emerging technologies which are being used for the improvement of the healthcare process. Telemedicine offers a way of improving the standard of healthcare especially in the developing world. The developing countries such as India, can exploit these to give better healthcare services as well health education. This paper highlights the growth of ICT sector and explores its possible uses in health sector. These may help healthcare professionals and community health workers to carry out their work in a better way particularly in remote areas. This paper looks at the crucial role information technology plays in transforming and enabling healthcare inclusion in India and emerges as a key differentiator in the process.

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