Healthcare Knowledge Management Primer

Quality care of patients requires evaluating large amounts of data at the right time and place and in the correct context. With the advent of electronic health records, data warehouses now provide information at the point of care and facilitate a continuous learning environment in which lessons lear...

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Main Authors: Wickramasinghe, N. S., Bali, Rajeev K., Lehaney, Brian, Schaffer, Jonathan, Gibbons, M. Chris, Abd Ghani, Mohd Khanapi
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Routledge 2009
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author Wickramasinghe, N. S.
Bali, Rajeev K.
Lehaney, Brian
Schaffer, Jonathan
Gibbons, M. Chris
Abd Ghani, Mohd Khanapi
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description Quality care of patients requires evaluating large amounts of data at the right time and place and in the correct context. With the advent of electronic health records, data warehouses now provide information at the point of care and facilitate a continuous learning environment in which lessons learned can provide updates to clinical, administrative, and financial processes. Given the advancement of the information tools and techniques of today’s knowledge economy, utilizing these resources are imperative for effective healthcare. Thus, the principles of Knowledge Management (KM) are now essential for quality healthcare management. The Healthcare Knowledge Management Primer explores and explains essential KM principles in healthcare settings in an introductory and easy to understand fashion. This concise book is ideal for both students and professionals who need to learn more about key aspects of the KM field as it pertains to effecting superior healthcare delivery. It provides readers with an understanding of approaches to KM by examining the purpose and nature of its key components and demystifies the KM field by explaining in an accessible manner the key concepts of KM tools, strategies and techniques, and their benefits to contemporary healthcare organizations.
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spelling utem-3532023-07-06T14:55:24Z http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/353/ Healthcare Knowledge Management Primer Wickramasinghe, N. S. Bali, Rajeev K. Lehaney, Brian Schaffer, Jonathan Gibbons, M. Chris Abd Ghani, Mohd Khanapi RZ Other systems of medicine Quality care of patients requires evaluating large amounts of data at the right time and place and in the correct context. With the advent of electronic health records, data warehouses now provide information at the point of care and facilitate a continuous learning environment in which lessons learned can provide updates to clinical, administrative, and financial processes. Given the advancement of the information tools and techniques of today’s knowledge economy, utilizing these resources are imperative for effective healthcare. Thus, the principles of Knowledge Management (KM) are now essential for quality healthcare management. The Healthcare Knowledge Management Primer explores and explains essential KM principles in healthcare settings in an introductory and easy to understand fashion. This concise book is ideal for both students and professionals who need to learn more about key aspects of the KM field as it pertains to effecting superior healthcare delivery. It provides readers with an understanding of approaches to KM by examining the purpose and nature of its key components and demystifies the KM field by explaining in an accessible manner the key concepts of KM tools, strategies and techniques, and their benefits to contemporary healthcare organizations. Routledge 2009 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/353/1/BookChapter1-HCKM.pdf Wickramasinghe, N. S. and Bali, Rajeev K. and Lehaney, Brian and Schaffer, Jonathan and Gibbons, M. Chris and Abd Ghani, Mohd Khanapi (2009) Healthcare Knowledge Management Primer. In: Healthcare Knowledge Management Primer. Routledge, USA. ISBN 978-0-415-99443-9.
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Healthcare Knowledge Management Primer
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