Title: How workflow management systems enable the achievement of value driven healthcare delivery

Authors: A. Dwivedi, R.K. Bali, N. Wickramasinghe, R.N.G. Naguib

Addresses: Management Systems Group, Business School, University of Hull, Hull HU6 7RX, UK. ' Biomedical Computing and Engineering Technologies, Research group (BIOCORE), Faculty of Engineering and Computing, Coventry University, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK. ' Center for the Management of Medical Technology, Stuart Graduate School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology, 565 West Adams Street, suite 406, Chicago, IL 60607, USA. ' Biomedical Computing and Engineering Technologies, Research group (BIOCORE), Faculty of Engineering and Computing, Coventry University, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK

Abstract: Healthcare institutions globally are currently having major problems accessing and maintaining the large amounts of data that are continuously being generated. Examination of the clinical procedures relating to patient management reveals that many of these activities are repetitive. Workflow Management Systems (WFMS) can automate these repeated activities. Moreover, the introduction of WFMS would enable healthcare institutions to face this challenge of transforming large amounts of medical data into contextually relevant clinical information and knowledge. In order to emphasise the dynamic connection between healthcare, workflow and internet technologies, the intelligence continuum is introduced.

Keywords: e-health; electronic healthcare; business process reengineering; BPR; mobile computing; internet; client server architectures; intelligence continuum; knowledge management; workflow management systems; WFMS; medical data; clinical information; internet.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEH.2007.014555

International Journal of Electronic Healthcare, 2007 Vol.3 No.3, pp.382 - 393

Published online: 16 Jul 2007 *

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