Chau Cheuk Wing, Leung Eman
City University of Hong Kong.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2017;241:134-144.
The aging population creates tremendous pressure to healthcare. To resolve, scholars recognized the solution to this challenge is integrated care. To facilitate integrated care, health information technologies (HIT) is a critical enabler. This paper will first review how technology enhanced integrated care, and review on the existing literatures in system effective use and the three key external factors that enable HIT implementation. Applying Burton-Jones and Volkoff's contextualized theories of effective use of HIT to understand the role of health informatics and technology in the unique context of Hong Kong, we have conducted a case study research to identify the levers for improving HK integration of care through HIT.
人口老龄化给医疗保健带来了巨大压力。为了解决这一问题，学者们认识到应对这一挑战的解决方案是整合医疗。为了促进整合医疗，健康信息技术（HIT）是一个关键的推动因素。本文将首先回顾技术如何增强整合医疗，并回顾有关系统有效使用的现有文献以及促成HIT实施的三个关键外部因素。应用伯顿 - 琼斯和沃尔科夫关于有效使用HIT的情境化理论，以理解健康信息学和技术在香港独特背景下的作用，我们进行了一项案例研究，以确定通过HIT改善香港医疗整合的杠杆因素。
