Using IS/IT to support the delivery of Chinese medicine: a Chinese medicine clinic management system.

Wickramasinghe, Nilmini; Han Lin, Catherine

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Title:	Using IS/IT to support the delivery of Chinese medicine: a Chinese medicine clinic management system.
Epworth Authors:	Wickramasinghe, Nilmini Han Lin, Catherine
Other Authors:	Pittayachawan, Siddhi Wei Hong Yang, Angela
Keywords:	IS/IT Healthcare Medicine Management System Chinese Medicine Western Medicine Clinical Processes Clinical Management Systems Information Systems Chair of Health Informatics Management, Epworth HealthCare, Victoria, Australia
Issue Date:	2014
Publisher:	Inderscience
Citation:	International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, 16(3), 223-243.
Abstract:	OECD countries today are focusing on ways to incorporate IS/IT to facilitate superior healthcare delivery. However, studies of IS/IT implementations for Chinese Medicine (CM) practice are very limited. We analyse western medicine (WM) and CM diagnosis and treatment processes and find that these clinical processes share some similarities. Hence, we contend that by implementing IS/IT system solutions, CM practice can also enjoy similar benefits from IS/IT as WM. This paper serves to identify a role for IS/IT in assisting CM clinic key processes as well as identify key IT investment portfolio components of such IS/IT solutions.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/11434/1074
ISSN:	1752-6418 1752-6426
Journal Title:	International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology
Type:	Journal Article
Affiliated Organisations:	School of Business IT and Logistics, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia School of Health Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
Type of Clinical Study or Trial:	Exploratory Qualitative Design
Appears in Collections:	Health Informatics

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