Information Technology on the Healthcare sector

Healthcare systems serve to perform the very important function of preserving human capital. In modern society, health care assumes significance not just in terms of the expenditure it generates, but also because it is a large-scale consumer of goods and services, important employer and contributes in research and development. From the perspective of countries, maintaining and improving health care services require significant investments. Consequently governments and the private sector consistently strive to improve the productivity levels of this sector by controlling costs. It is in this context that information and communication technology can play a key role in making both ends meet - ensure adequate health care for people at affordable costs. (Murphy, p. 12)

There is considerable criticism that health sector is markedly lagging in adopting information technology practices, thus preventing the benefits that can reach the patients and practitioners of the profession....
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