International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET)
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Volume: 04 Issue: 06 | June-2016
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Healthcare Communication Technologies: A Short Note on Opportunities and Challenges 1Muhammad
Shuaib Qureshi, 2Muhammad Bilal Qureshi, 3Vijey Thayananthan
1,3Computer
Science Department, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 2Department of Computer Sciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, 46000, Pakistan. ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------political policies, social behavior and economic Abstract - The most evitable and focused target of research conditions. community is the medical and healthcare sectors. Every healthcare industry tries to facilitate patients with the evernew technologies in an economical way. Majority of the countries try to open the new horizons of expandable quality healthcare services with minimum cost. With the growing needs and day-to-day innovations, a single technology is no more suitable to contribute to the plethora of services hence, the healthcare industry is moving towards merging old and new Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) to adopt advanced features. This idea gives added value, new possibilities and open ways to enhanced communication opportunities in the healthcare field. This short note describes the basic healthcare technology opportunities and human and social hurdles of healthcare information. It addresses some of the basic challenges in building and complementing different ICT categories and enhancements in solutions already providing by these technologies. Key Words:
Healthcare, ICT, Information system
1. INTRODUCTION An improvement in health sector is one of the primary goals of any country in order to provide fast and easy access to health-related services. However, at the same time, they are struggling to reduce the growing cost of healthcare. There is no globally accepted standard healthcare improvement process due to its varying aspects. However, the immense development in the field of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) during last few decades benefited almost all other fields including health sector in terms of services and quality at low cost [1, 2, 3]. Health sector improvements involve a range of factors to enhance on the whole including general public health, clinical care, medical education, emergency response system, nutrient food, clean water, and hygienic environment. To achieve all health-related aspects, involve changes in other factors such as Š 2016, IRJET
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Now a day’s health sector highly depends on computerized technologies. According to World Health Organization (WHO), a vast range of technologies form roots for the services to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases [5, 6, 7]. ICT offers an array of technologies that support healthcare development on large scale. It can play vital role towards health sector improvements if strategic polices are adopted by top authorities and governing agencies. With the development in technology, the communication mechanism has also changed extensively with the introduction of cellular technologies; fax, electronic mail and audio/video conferencing that offer new ways for sharing different perspectives. Advanced communication technologies make use of visual images and audio via radio, television, and internet that offer opportunities for general public and experts to share their suggestions, knowledge and expertise. This idea has been enhanced by taking advanced steps to deregulate communication channels in many advanced countries which results in providing new ways such as television channels and radio broadcasts for communication on a large scale [8, 9]. According to the World Bank current report, the fundamental elements in health-related technologies are effective communication and reliable information. Using apposite technology increases the communication and information access in public health-related technologies. Online health monitoring systems enable society to monitor and get information about their health-related problems. Some social public NGOs also give awareness to the public about healthcare systems and processes [4]. The third world countries try to access different healthcare services ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal
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