Title: E-health versus KM-based health: a dilemma in researchers' minds

Authors: Kostas Metaxiotis

Addresses: National Technical University of Athens, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Decision Support Systems Laboratory, 9, Iroon Polytechniou str., Zografou 15773, Athens, Greece

Abstract: Over the past several years, there have been intensive discussions about the importance of Knowledge Management (KM) within our society. As we are moving into an era of ||knowledge capitalism||, the management of knowledge is promoted as an important and necessary factor for organisational survival and maintenance of competitive strength. During the last 15 years, KM has changed from one generation to the next through constant improvements and new perspectives. Many researchers have presented methodologies, frameworks, technologies and have discussed various KM theoretical and practical issues in several sectors, including healthcare. E-health and KM-based health are still in an early state of evolution, and it is only recently that researchers decided to intensify their efforts in these fields. In this context, this paper aims to review the current status quo, analyse key issues to which researchers should pay attention and contribute to researchers| dilemma solving about where future research should be focused.

Keywords: e-health; electronic healthcare; e-healthcare; internet; knowledge management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEH.2005.006477

International Journal of Electronic Healthcare, 2005 Vol.1 No.3, pp.303 - 315

Published online: 13 Mar 2005 *

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