Question

In what ways can information technology support public health activities? Health care organizational goals? Provide examples for each.

Answer 1

Information technology is one of the area which has supported many other activities of healthcare, business, economics, education, banking, transport and almost every walk of human life.

IT applications can be utilized to make the public health activities more comfortable, easy diagnostic, online order of medicines, searching of specialists physicians, to see the nearby hospitals, labs and best healthcare providers.  

IT enabled Healthcare organizational goals may be seen as :

1) A two way platform for both services providers and patients.

2) Reduced cost of care

3) Easily booking of ambulances and appointments with the doctors .

4) Insurance services can be purchased.

5) Providing access to the medical history with a common databases.

6) Social media to aware people about safe, secure and affordable health care activities.

7) To provide information related to best possible treatment , medical and other healthcare services. Even , it can be utilized to make easy platform to deliver the cost effective services.