Telemedicine and its role in improving communication in healthcare

Author： Baldwin Lynne P Clarke Malcolm Eldabi Tillal Jones Russell W

ISSN： 0957-6053

Source： Logistics Information Management, Vol.15, Iss.4, 2002-08, pp. : 309-319

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Abstract

Information and communication technology (ICT) plays an increasingly important role in delivering healthcare today. Healthcare professionals, including consultants, doctors and nurses, are engaged in what is seen as a radical action plan for improving the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK. A major focus of this plan is the greater empowerment of the patient, and providing them with more information about their health needs and care. Information and communication technology has the potential to effectively support the complexities involved in the communication that takes place both amongst healthcare workers themselves and between healthcare workers and their patients in both primary and secondary care both in the UK and elsewhere. This paper explores the challenges involved in human interaction and describes how AIDMAN, a clinical information system, allows for richer communication between the patient and those involved in their health.