Information technology: A significant factor for health care sector Ranga Savita Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce, Vaish College, Rohtak, Haryana, India. E-mail: rangasavita7@yahoo.com Online published on 8 May, 2019. Abstract Present study puts emphasis on the significance of information technology for health care sector in India. Through information technology, health care sector is getting more and more success. During recent years, many revolutionary changes have been faced by health care sector. Only information technology facilitates to manage these changes. The study also reveals that with the help of information technology, there has been a significant change in medical education throughout the world. Computer-assisted learning (CAL), Virtual reality (VR), Human patient simulators are some options which are providing significant help to the medical educators. Information plays a very crucial role for health care sector. One example of this is that Information Technology (IT) has provided to hospitals is the development of electronic medical record (EMR). With the help of this technology, all medical information can be converted into a single database. This technology also helps significantly in minimizing paper costs, access pertinent patient information's such as medication, medical history, insurance information etc. Top Keywords Health Care Sector, Health Communication, Hospital, Information Technology, Medical Education. Top |