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E-healthcare
Leveraging
IT to Improve Patient Safety
-- Marion
J Ball ,
David E Garets ,Thomas J Handler
Medical
errors are increasingly becoming a major cause for patients'
death. These errors arise from a variety of causes and have
an impact on almost all medical activities. The article advocates
the need to take serious measures to reduce medical errors
and improve patient safety. It explains that with the use
of IT tool like computer-based patient record, the goal of
significant error reduction can be achieved.
©
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, a Chicago,
IL, non-profit membership organization that represents the
healthcare information technology industry (www.himss.org).
Reprinted with permission.
The
Emerging Age of M-Healthcare --Rick
Mathieson
Adoption
of wireless technologies in the healthcare industry is increasing.
With applications like TouchWorks, which automates a host
of common physician activities, including prescribing, ordering
and viewing lab results and capturing clinical notes, doctors
may soon depend on PDAs as much as on stethoscopes. From remote
health monitoring to wireless prescription systems to information
therapy, emerging mobile technologies are injecting the healthcare
industry with new ways to serve patients, streamline operations
and increase profitability. However, the article cautions
about the data security concerns related to m-healthcare.
©
Mpulse Magazine, http://cooltown.hp.com/impulse/0702-healthcare.asp.
Reprinted with permission. Originally published as `Paging
Doctor Wireless: The Emerging Age of M-Healthcare'.
Biotechnology
Bioinformatics
-The Science of the Future --R Chakravarthy
Bioinformatics
is the study of information content and flow in biological
systems and processes. It utilizes advanced protocols of information
and communication technology to solve complex problems in
life sciences. The potential of bioinformatics lies in the
identification of useful genes leading to the development
of new gene products, drug discovery and drug development.
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Knowledge
Management
Managing
Knowledge via Internal Electronic Markets -- Ajit
Kambil
Adam
Smith's idea about the competitive marketplace can work inside
companies as well. Internal Electronic Markets (IEM) can convert
the widely dispersed knowledge, preferences and beliefs of
people within an organization into decisions that can improve
resource allocation, predictive abilities and the bottom line.
The article illustrates the advantages of IEM through a real-life
example of British Petroleum, which successfully used IEM
to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
©
2002 Accenture Publication. All rights reserved. Reprinted
with permission. This article originally appeared as `Leading
with an Invisible Hand' in Outlook Vol. XIV, No. 2,
July 2002.
E-marketing
Shopbot
- The Internet Shopping Agent -- A
C Ohja
Shopbot,
an emerging technology, has proved to be a boon for online
shoppers. A shopbot searches a number of online catalogs for
a product on behalf of the shopper. Shoppers not only reduce
the search time significantly but also help the shopper to
get a better deal. The article describes the role played by
a shopbot in an online buying process, major shopbots active
on the Internet and some issues with existing shopbots. It
concludes with the hope that the next generation shopbots
will be able to replace the human element in the buying process.
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E-Mobile
The
M-Business Transformation -- Saby
Ganguly
Several
analysts have reportedly proclaimed that the e-business model
will soon be transformed to m-business model as more and more
organizations conduct businesses through the wireless Internet.
However, the article argues that m-business is just another
form of e-business. It touches upon few strategies for successful
mobile business initiatives and customer expectations.
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