Information technology to provide ‘Health care’ for all

Using Health Information Technology to Reduce Health Care Disparities

Information Technology and Mental Health Care

‘Change is the essence of life. If you do not change you shall perish.’ These were the words told by Sri Krishna to Arjuna in Bhagavad Gita. Today, after thousands of years after those words, the process of change is on. The fields of Information Technology (IT) & Bio-Technology (BT) are the modern development and the Medical Technology (MT) has the benefits to use the services of both. The rol...

Information Technology Trends Impacting Health Care

AI techniques, massive parallel computing, and specialized processors have evolved to the point where AI usage is now practical and beneficial for a wide variety of applications. As its capabilities continue to expand, widespread usage in the near future is inevitable. AI has the potential to significantly increase the quality of health care while decreasing overall costs. Advanced diagnostic a...

Ethics of Information Technology in Health Care

Computer-based information and communication technologies continue to transform the delivery of health care and the conception and scientific understanding of the human body and the diseases that afflict it. While information technology has the potential to improve the quality and efficiency of patient care, it also raises important ethical and social issues. This IRIE theme issue seeks to prov...

Can health care information technology save babies?

Electronic medical records (EMRs) facilitate fast and accurate access to patient records, which could improve diagnosis and patient monitoring. Using a 12-year county-level panel, we find that a 10 percent increase in births that occur in hospitals with EMRs reduces neonatal mortality by 16 deaths per 100,000 live births. This is driven by a reduction of deaths from conditions requiring careful...