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Title:
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CRITICAL FACTORS IN THE ADAPTATION OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE (NHS) TO THE INFORMATION SOCIETY IN FIFE |
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Author(s):
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Elena Beratarbide |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8939-16-8 |
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Editors:
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Mário Macedo |
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Year:
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2010 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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e-Health, Information Society, e-Health Governance, IT Governance, TeleHealth, Telemedicine. |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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135 |
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Last Page:
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142 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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This piece of research covers a descriptive study of the subject through an exhaustive bibliography review and a Delphi approach to develop a proposed causal model of determinant factors involved in the adaptation of the national health services to the Information Society, with the purpose to optimize eHealth Governance decisions about a broad range of issues and opportunities that information and related technologies offer to healthcare professionals, patients, relatives and carers; in other words, citizens interacting with healthcare services in the Information Society age. This research was carried out in two stages. The first stage was a descriptive piece of work illustrating the status of the context. The outcome was a proposed causal model of determinant factors (dependent and independent variables) involved in the adaptation of the NHS to the Information Society. The second stage involves a series of exploratory and explanatory pieces of research based on the causal model obtained from stage 1; this succession of research works will measure selected variables in the model to understand their behavior applying multivariable correlation analysis techniques. |
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