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The Social Role of Technology in Healthcare Quality Improvement

The Social Role of Technology in Healthcare Quality Improvement
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Author(s): Anastasia K. Kadda (University of the Peloponnese, Greece)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 9
Source title: Quality Assurance in Healthcare Service Delivery, Nursing and Personalized Medicine: Technologies and Processes
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Athina Lazakidou (University of Peloponnese, Greece)and Andriani Daskalaki (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Germany)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-120-7.ch009

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Abstract

The aim of this study is to describe the social role of technology in healthcare quality improvement. Methodologically, the study was based on a review of the relevant literature, Greek and foreign, as well as Internet sources related to the social role of technology in healthcare quality improvement. The main conclusions drawn were the following: a) The development of new technologies in the field of health and their involvement within the social context is today a fast accelerating process; b) The presentday expansion of health-oriented technology is of vital importance because of current trends in the field of healthcare and of the social evolution on healthcare services; c) Information technology is capable of profoundly contributing to the improvement of the quality of health, and thus to the wellbeing of the citizens in a society; d) By the use of health technology, more efficient and productive financial management is achieved with numerous benefits for the economy; e) Electronic health can improve the quality of healthcare thereby facilitating the work of health professionals; f) Greek society is being increasingly influenced by both international and domestic scientific and technological advances in health technology despite the existence of significant legal barriers; g) Current trends in the European Union as far as health technology is concerned are intimately connected with expanding citizen participation in the electronic revolution and their increasing access to the Information Society.

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