Stepánková O, Engová D
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Technicka 2, 166 27 Prague, Czech Republic.
Methods Inf Med. 2006;45(3):300-4.
The healthcare sector is facing an enormous acceleration due to the emergence of new knowledge, drugs, devices and diseases. Professional competence, continuing education, service excellence and patient benefits can be facilitated by the developments in information and computer technology--computer literacy is becoming imperative for all who are involved in healthcare delivery. The paper attempts to identify solutions that can aid the process of ICT uptake for full benefit of patients and healthcare professionals.
With the support of published literature, the article considers the importance of ICT skills in general and in healthcare and presents some advantages of generic vendor-independent methods of ICT certification.
Discussed are the preliminary results of the United Kingdom's National Health Service information technology reform which addresses the need for intensified use of ICT and applies the ECDL concept.
It is useful to complement the introduction of computer literacy as a qualification concept by a standardized accreditation of ICT skills. Solid level of computer literacy creates a reliable and efficient background for everyday activities of healthcare professionals, enables the application of further domain-specific training modules and prepares suitable environments for the introduction and acceptance of new technologies such as electronic health records and electronic transfer of prescriptions by positively transforming the attitudes of users towards them.
由于新知识、药物、设备和疾病的出现，医疗保健行业正面临着巨大的加速发展。信息和计算机技术的发展有助于提升专业能力、持续教育、卓越服务和患者受益——对于所有参与医疗服务的人员来说，具备计算机素养正变得至关重要。本文试图找出有助于信息通信技术（ICT）应用过程的解决方案，以使患者和医疗保健专业人员充分受益。
在已发表文献的支持下，本文探讨了ICT技能在一般领域及医疗保健领域的重要性，并介绍了通用的、与供应商无关的ICT认证方法的一些优势。
讨论了英国国家医疗服务体系信息技术改革的初步成果，该改革满足了强化ICT使用的需求并应用了欧洲计算机驾驶执照（ECDL）概念。
通过对ICT技能进行标准化认证来补充将计算机素养作为一项资质概念引入是很有必要的。扎实的计算机素养水平为医疗保健专业人员的日常工作创造了可靠且高效的背景，能够应用进一步的特定领域培训模块，并通过积极转变用户对新技术（如电子健康记录和电子处方传输）的态度，为其引入和接受营造合适的环境。
