Title:
Health Information Systems: An Investigation to Solve the Shortage
of Medical Experts
Abstract: Technology has advanced beyond expectations. For
instance, people use unlimited computing power at unlimited speeds with unlimited
storage. The Internet also provides universal connectivity. Information technology
(IT) is increasingly applied in the health sector. Applications of information
and communication technologies (ICT) to the health sector include Electronic
Patient Records, Health Information Systems (HIS), the setup of Intranets
and secure Extranets via the Internet, and for sharing information among
institution and individual participants in the health sector, the use of
public networks such as the Internet to distribute information, Health Decision
Support Systems, the provision of remote diagnostics via Telemedicine, and
Community Health Information System for local, regional and national health
planning. The overall goal of the research was to investigate alternative
applications of Telecentres and HIS to help assess healthcare information.
In doing so, it enhances the knowledge of the development of healthcare information
resources. It identified some key areas that planners of HIS should include
in their strategic planning.