IT Applications in the Health Sector: Usage, Perceptions and Barriers in Uttar Pradesh, India - Softcover

Chandra, Archana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3659285552 ISBN 13: 9783659285554

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

“The information age has been driven and dominated by technopreneurs- a small army of ‘geeks’ who have reshaped our world… that was the easy part… we now have to apply these technologies for saving lives, improving livelihoods and lifting millions of people out of the squalor, misery and suffering,… the time has come to move our focus from the geek to the meek” Sir Arthur C. Clarke.Today the world is in the midst of a technological revolution driven by IT applications, which is so ubiquitous that the accompanying innovations almost qualify it as a general purpose technology. India is today a globally accepted giant and an IT power to reckon with. The question then is, to what extent is the technology being used in the health care sector, what are the perceptions regarding IT particularly to meet the challenges of improvement in quality and service; customer (patient) satisfaction; reduction in costs through resource optimization; increase in productivity and outreach and adoption of various management techniques to improve efficiency and adaptation to the technological changes in health care. The study explores such aspects in the Indian context, specifically Uttar Pradesh.

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About the Author

Dr. Archana Chandra is currently an Assistant Professor in the Joseph School of Business Studies at Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture Technology and Sciences. Born in the year 1962 she has varied experiences in the corporate world and chose academics as a profession in the year 2006. Her interest areas are health management and HR.

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659285552
• ISBN 13: 9783659285554
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280