@inproceedings{scholars2795,
          volume = {1},
         address = {Kuala Lumpur},
           title = {An exploratory study on technical and functional sophistications of health information technology in twin cities of Pakistan},
             doi = {10.1109/ICCISci.2012.6297233},
           pages = {170--175},
            note = {cited By 2; Conference of 2012 International Conference on Computer and Information Science, ICCIS 2012 - A Conference of World Engineering, Science and Technology Congress, ESTCON 2012 ; Conference Date: 12 June 2012 Through 14 June 2012; Conference Code:93334},
         journal = {2012 International Conference on Computer and Information Science, ICCIS 2012 - A Conference of World Engineering, Science and Technology Congress, ESTCON 2012 - Conference Proceedings},
            year = {2012},
            isbn = {9781467319386},
        keywords = {Exploratory studies; Health information systems; Health policy; Health services; Health technology; Islamabad; Long term care; Pakistan, Decision making; Hospitals; Information science, Information technology},
          author = {Anwar, F. and Shamim, A. and Sulaiman, S. and Balakrishnan, V.},
             url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84867914729&doi=10.1109\%2fICCISci.2012.6297233&partnerID=40&md5=073da783656c8cfe10f1c237ebfec232},
        abstract = {Health information technology covers a range of methods used to promote health services prevent and treat diseases particularly using information technology. It improves short-term care as well as long term care, such as rehabilitation and appropriation of drugs, devices and procedures. Today technology has advanced and therefore it is pertinent for hospitals to fully make use of the technologies available, including hospitals in developing and under-developed countries. This paper presents a survey on level of technical and functional sophistications in nine hospitals in Pakistan, namely Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Furthermore, the hospitals' perceptions on the role of information technology in planning and management were also investigated. This study will help policy and decision making by providing necessary knowledge to health policy maker. {\^A}{\copyright} 2012 IEEE.}
}