An effort aimed at reconfiguring health services, dominant in the 90s in the framework of the New Public Management, typically including the following components: separating the roles of financing and provision and the possible introduction of a managed market; developing alternative financing mechanisms, particularly user charges and health insurance; decentralization; limiting the public sector and encouraging a greater role for the private sector; prioritizing the use of cost-effectiveness techniques ( Collins, Green, & Newell, 2002 ).
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Health Information Technology and Change
T. Ray Ruffin (University of Phoenix, School of Advanced Studies (SAS), USA & Colorado Technical University, USA & University of Mount Olive, USA & Wake Technical Community College, USA)
Copyright: © 2016
|Pages: 27
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9494-1.ch012
Abstract
Even in in health healthcare and health information technology change will not vanish or disperse. Technology, civilization, and creative thought will drive this force increasingly forward. Health care managers will continue being judged on their ability to efficiently and effectively manage (Patton & James, 2000). The pace of change has significantly increased since the days of the cave dweller who walked the earth until the “technology convergence” of using the ox and horse as tools. This article is to investigate the background, controversies, and problems surrounding Health Information Technology and change, and will include an overview of current changes. This will be coupled with solutions and recommendations, further research, and conclusion.