Medical Informatics
Introduction
Healthcare is a large, complicated field facing many issues in America today. The medical profession is becoming ever so complex that it is consistently pushing information technology tools and techniques to newer heights. Knowledge management in healthcare or medical informatics, is one step towards organizing this complex field. Medical Informatics is the sharing and use of information in the delivery of healthcare. It is a growing and exciting field of study with an incredible demand that will continue for many years to come.
Demand is so high, many Universities are now offering specialized degrees in this field because there is and will be a large workforce needed to accommodate the needs of this field. Medical Informatics is an extremely complex field that requires the involvement of doctors, patients, medical staff and technicians. This explanatory paper will describe knowledge management, medical informatics and why it is important. With healthcare being a big issue now days, especially with new retiring baby boomer era, it is important to look towards building a universal medical informatics networking system.
Knowledge Management Background
Everyone can agree that the medical field has many important business and management decisions when it comes to patients’ health. This is why there are many processes in knowledge management that need to be followed, in-order to achieve quality informatics in the medical field. Knowledge management systems are designed to “collect all relevant knowledge and experience in the firm and make it available wherever and whenever it is needed to support business processes and management decisions” (Laudon & Laudon, p. 60). Step one, is creating the knowledge by trial-and-error and selective retention methods. Next is to identify what useful knowledge could be gathered from the trial methods. Once the useful knowledge has been identified, the process that follows is to collect the knowledge data. Once the data
Healthcare is a large, complicated field facing many issues in America today. The medical profession is becoming ever so complex that it is consistently pushing information technology tools and techniques to newer heights. Knowledge management in healthcare or medical informatics, is one step towards organizing this complex field. Medical Informatics is the sharing and use of information in the delivery of healthcare. It is a growing and exciting field of study with an incredible demand that will continue for many years to come.
Demand is so high, many Universities are now offering specialized degrees in this field because there is and will be a large workforce needed to accommodate the needs of this field. Medical Informatics is an extremely complex field that requires the involvement of doctors, patients, medical staff and technicians. This explanatory paper will describe knowledge management, medical informatics and why it is important. With healthcare being a big issue now days, especially with new retiring baby boomer era, it is important to look towards building a universal medical informatics networking system.
Knowledge Management Background
Everyone can agree that the medical field has many important business and management decisions when it comes to patients’ health. This is why there are many processes in knowledge management that need to be followed, in-order to achieve quality informatics in the medical field. Knowledge management systems are designed to “collect all relevant knowledge and experience in the firm and make it available wherever and whenever it is needed to support business processes and management decisions” (Laudon & Laudon, p. 60). Step one, is creating the knowledge by trial-and-error and selective retention methods. Next is to identify what useful knowledge could be gathered from the trial methods. Once the useful knowledge has been identified, the process that follows is to collect the knowledge data. Once the data
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