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Healthcare Knowledge Management

Healthcare Knowledge Management

Kostas Metaxiotis
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 10
ISBN13: 9781599049335|ISBN10: 1599049333|EISBN13: 9781599049342
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-933-5.ch156
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Metaxiotis, Kostas. "Healthcare Knowledge Management." Knowledge Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Murray E. Jennex, IGI Global, 2008, pp. 1871-1880. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-933-5.ch156

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Metaxiotis, K. (2008). Healthcare Knowledge Management. In M. Jennex (Ed.), Knowledge Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1871-1880). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-933-5.ch156

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Metaxiotis, Kostas. "Healthcare Knowledge Management." In Knowledge Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Murray E. Jennex, 1871-1880. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2008. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-933-5.ch156

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Abstract

The healthcare environment is changing rapidly, and effective management of the knowledge base in this area is an integral part of delivering high-quality patient care. People all over the world rely on a huge array of organizations for the provision of healthcare, from public-sector monoliths and governmental agencies to privately funded organizations, and consulting and advisory groups. It is a massive industry in which every organization faces a unique combination of operational hurdles. However, what every healthcare system has in common is the high price of failure. Faced with the prospect of failing to prevent suffering and death, the importance of continuously improving efficiency and effectiveness is high on the agenda for the majority of healthcare organizations (Brailer, 1999). Taking also into consideration that the amount of biological and medical information is growing at an exponential rate, it is not consequently surprising that knowledge management (KM) is attracting so much attention from the industry as a whole.

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