SARANYA, B (2014) INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) IN INDIAN HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY - A GLOBALIZED SCENARIO. International Journal of Business and Administration Research Review, 2 (5). pp. 185-190. ISSN 2347-856X

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Abstract

The Indian health care industry comprises of hospitals, medical infrastructure, medical devices, clinical trials, outsourcing, telemedicine, health insurance and medical equipment. India's healthcare system is developing rapidly and continues to expand its coverage, services and expenditure in the public as well as private sectors. This is creating a large market for hospital information systems and other healthcare-related IT solutions. India’s medical device market is currently the fourth largest in Asia with 700 medical device makers, and ranks among the top 20 in the world, as per data from India Semiconductor Association. The need to have advanced technology to be mingled with communication and health care arises to help the patient and to have e-records. This paper describes the possibilities of
information and communication technology in healthcare sector, and also highlights as how ICT can support the communication between health care professionals mutually as well as the communication between professionals andpatients. Besides this some barriers that hamper implementation in everyday healthcare practice are described. The globalized structure in health care involving information flowfrom one country to another will only hold good for the modern world as diseases are emerging like mushrooms day by day. In this juncture, telemedicine, health information exchanges are playing a vital role in spreading of information to various parts of the world, which are all focused here.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: ICT in Health Care; Health Care in India; Globalized Health Care; Electronic Health Records.
Divisions: PSG College of Arts and Science > Department of Commerce
Depositing User: Mr Team Mosys
Date Deposited: 24 May 2022 05:20
Last Modified: 24 May 2022 05:20
URI: http://ir.psgcas.ac.in/id/eprint/1204

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