Title: Applying the intelligence continuum for better healthcare delivery to Native American patients

Authors: Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Suresh Chalasani, Rajeev K. Bali, Pradeep Kumar

Addresses: Stuart Graduate School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60661, USA. ' School of Business and Technology, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI 53141-2000, USA. ' Knowledge Management Applied Research Group, Faculty of Engineering and Computing, Coventry University, Priory Street, Coventry, CV1 5FB, UK. ' Gerald L. Ignace Indian Health Center, 1711 South 11th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53204, USA

Abstract: Healthcare delivery throughout the USA occurs at varying standards of quality. One segment of the community that continues to suffer from issues pertaining to poor access and low quality is the Native American population. In today|s technology driven information age such a situation is no longer tenable. In this paper, we discuss how the tools, techniques and strategies of knowledge management can facilitate to alleviate this problem.

Keywords: healthcare delivery; Native Americans; patient care; knowledge management; healthcare information systems; healthcare quality; intelligence continuum; USA; United States.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBET.2007.015859

International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, 2007 Vol.1 No.2, pp.172 - 189

Published online: 25 Nov 2007 *

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