Information and communication technology in health: A review of the literature
| dc.contributor.author | Rowe, Michael | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2009-11-18T13:14:52Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2009-11-18T13:14:52Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Information and communication technology has been shown to be increasingly important in the education and professional practice of healthcare workers. The World Health Organisation (WHO) discusses the benefits of using ICT in the Primary Healthcare setting in terms of better access to information, improved communication between colleagues, facilitating continuing professional development and providing learning tools for healthcare professionals, patients and the community as a whole. This review of the literature describes the role of information and communication technology (ICT) in the education and professional practice of healthcare workers and goes on to outline the challenges facing the widespread adoption of ICT. The conclusion is that ICT does indeed have a positive role to play in both the education and professional practice of healthcare workers, including physiotherapists, as long as it is implemented as an adjunct to established and proven practice, and not a replacement. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Rowe, M. (2008). Information and communication technology in health: A review of the literature. Journal of Community and Health Sciences, 3(1): 68-77 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/61 | |
| dc.inquiries | mrowe@uwc.ac.za | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, University of the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.rights | Copyright Faculty of Community Health Sciences, University of the Western Cape. The file is provided here for educational purposes only. | |
| dc.subject | Information and communication technology (ICT) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Education | en_US |
| dc.subject | Healthcare | en_US |
| dc.subject | Professional practice | en_US |
| dc.title | Information and communication technology in health: A review of the literature | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |