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http://hdl.handle.net/11434/1621| Title: | Critical perspectives on a possible solution. |
| metadata.dc.title.book: | Pervasive health knowledge management. |
| Epworth Authors: | Wickramasinghe, Nilmini |
| Editors: | Bali, Rajeev Troshani, Indrit Goldberg, Steve Wickramasinghe, Nilmini |
| Keywords: | Healthcare Information Systems HIS OECD Healthcare Delivery Chronic Disease Management Gross National Product Noncommunicable Disease Health Care Delivery Systems Chair of Health Informatics Management, Epworth HealthCare, Victoria, Australia Chair of Health Informatics Management, Epworth HealthCare, Victoria, Australia |
| Issue Date: | Jan-2012 |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Citation: | pp. 157-159 |
| Series/Report no.: | Healthcare Delivery in the Information Age |
| Abstract: | Government agencies at all levels have been grappling with the challenges of the healthcare delivery system form several decades (Wickramasinghe et al. 2011; Geisler and Wickramasinghe 2009; Bush 2004; Institute of Medicine 2001). Exponentially increasing costs and declines in quality, access, and availability to the population have and continue to be perplexing and problematic (ibid) Mobile solutions have the possibility to ameliorate the situation however such solutions need to be critically evaluated.. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11434/1621 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-1-4614-4514-2_12 |
| ISBN: | 9781461445142 9781461445135 |
| Type: | Chapter |
| Affiliated Organisations: | School of Business IT and Logistics, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia |
| Appears in Collections: | Health Informatics |
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