Literature Review
Impact of Technology on Health Care
Alehandra Philip
UMUC
Impact of Technology on Health Care
Introduction
Information and communication technology has been adopted and implemented within various sectors of the economy. This is attributed to the benefits of technology in facilitating organizational activities and processes and its use in meeting the changes which characterize the modern society. The health sector is one of the industries which have significantly implemented technology. The health sector’s technological applications have been achieved within health information systems. The implementation of technology in this sector has resulted into both positive and negative implications on health care. This literature review focuses on reports of past research on the impact of technology within the health sector with an aim of analyzing how technology has affected the quality of care, the management of health record management processes and the direction of health care in general.
Impact of Technology on the Quality of Health Care
The quality of health care is described in line with the efficiency, safety and patient satisfaction parameters which define various medical procedures and processes (Cantrill, 2010). A comparative study on the quality of health care within surgical procedures between America and England revealed that the efficiency of cardiac surgeries within American health care systems has been promoted by the employment of technological applications. It is due to this that the quality of cardiac surgery procedures within America has been argued to be better than that of England (Bau, 2011). However, researchers on the impact of technology on surgical operations reveal that health care systems within both England and the US are increasingly investing in technology because of the benefits that it causes in the quality of care especially within surgical operations. It is in this sense that it is notable that
Alehandra Philip
UMUC
Impact of Technology on Health Care
Introduction
Information and communication technology has been adopted and implemented within various sectors of the economy. This is attributed to the benefits of technology in facilitating organizational activities and processes and its use in meeting the changes which characterize the modern society. The health sector is one of the industries which have significantly implemented technology. The health sector’s technological applications have been achieved within health information systems. The implementation of technology in this sector has resulted into both positive and negative implications on health care. This literature review focuses on reports of past research on the impact of technology within the health sector with an aim of analyzing how technology has affected the quality of care, the management of health record management processes and the direction of health care in general.
Impact of Technology on the Quality of Health Care
The quality of health care is described in line with the efficiency, safety and patient satisfaction parameters which define various medical procedures and processes (Cantrill, 2010). A comparative study on the quality of health care within surgical procedures between America and England revealed that the efficiency of cardiac surgeries within American health care systems has been promoted by the employment of technological applications. It is due to this that the quality of cardiac surgery procedures within America has been argued to be better than that of England (Bau, 2011). However, researchers on the impact of technology on surgical operations reveal that health care systems within both England and the US are increasingly investing in technology because of the benefits that it causes in the quality of care especially within surgical operations. It is in this sense that it is notable that
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