Uses of Information Technology in Improving Healthcare Delivery

ISBN-13: 9783659934322 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 92 str.

Ibrahim Muhammad Ibrahim

Opis

The book comprises of five chapters, chapter one is the introduction of the book which includes a brief description of the topic, problem background of the study, methodology, aim and objectives of the study, research questions and significance of carrying out the study. Chapter two dealt with literature survey of the related studies, chapter three discusses methods and materials used to conduct the study. Chapter four entail description of three-tier architectural design of hospital information system consisting of presentation, clinical and data access layer.The chapter also explored information strategy and conversion processes requires to migrate from a manual hospital -clinical processes to a computer based clinical information system. It also described some information systems that could be used in the healthcare settings. Chapter five is summary, conclusion, and recommendations. Similarly, the author provided a section of glossary where definitions and acronyms of Information technology and medical nomenclature was vividly explained to aid the readers in reading through the manuscript. The manuscript is therefore recommended to researchers, students and practitioners.

O autorze

Ibrahim, M.I, is an IT Lecturer with several years of experience in ICT and engineering practices in IT industries. He hold B.Sc. degree in Computing & software Engineering from Oxford Brookes University, M.Sc. in Mobile and Satellite Communications from Bradford University. His research interest in the areas of AI, Data mining,networks.