relation: https://khub.utp.edu.my/scholars/2795/
title: An exploratory study on technical and functional sophistications of health information technology in twin cities of Pakistan
creator: Anwar, F.
creator: Shamim, A.
creator: Sulaiman, S.
creator: Balakrishnan, V.
description: 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. © 2012 IEEE.
date: 2012
type: Conference or Workshop Item
type: PeerReviewed
identifier:   Anwar, F. and Shamim, A. and Sulaiman, S. and Balakrishnan, V.  (2012) An exploratory study on technical and functional sophistications of health information technology in twin cities of Pakistan.  In: UNSPECIFIED.     
relation: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84867914729&doi=10.1109%2fICCISci.2012.6297233&partnerID=40&md5=073da783656c8cfe10f1c237ebfec232
relation: 10.1109/ICCISci.2012.6297233
identifier: 10.1109/ICCISci.2012.6297233