Assignment: You have been asked by the executive committee of your healthcare facility to write a report on the strategic implications of information technology for your firm in the next three years. The executive committee has identified a number of potential research topics.
For your convenience, below is a list of possible topics for you to consider. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask. If there is not a topic listed here that you would like to research and write about, contact your instructor so that the appropriateness (TCO[s] related, broad enough, etc.) of your topic can be assessed.
Electronic health record
Computer-based patient record (CPR)
E-health
E-commerce in healthcare
Implementing telemedicine
Clinical quality management
The use of personal digital assistants in healthcare
Corporate Applications
Clinical information systems
Enterprise systems in the healthcare setting
Clinical decision support systems
Expert systems
Artificial intelligence applications in healthcare
Implementing healthcare information systems
The use of the Internet in healthcare
Executive support systems
Transaction processing systems
Knowledge management systems
Groupware
Intranets.