Creating knowledge-based healthcare organizations

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Wickramasinghe, Nilmini., Gupta, Jatinder N. D., Sharma, Sushil K.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2005.
• Subjects: Health facilities > Administration.; Health services administration.; Evidence-based medicine.; Medical informatics.; Health facilities > Information services.; Health Facilities > organization & administration.; Medical Informatics > organization & administration.; Evidence-Based Medicine.; Information Management > organization & administration.; Telemedicine > organization & administration.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: electronic texts (x, 367 p. : ill.) : digital files.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781591404613 (ebook)
• Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

This book brings together high quality concepts closely related to how knowledge management can be utilized in healthcare. It includes the methodologies, systems, and approaches needed to create and manage knowledge in various types of healthcare organizations. Furthermore, it has a global flavor, as we discuss knowledge management approaches in healthcare organizations throughout the world. For the first time, many of the concepts, tools, and techniques relevant to knowledge management in healthcare are available, offereing the reader an understanding of all the components required to utilize knowledge.