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Restructuring of the healthcare system and the diffusion of telemedicine.
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PMID:  15609145     Owner:  NLM     Status:  PubMed-not-MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This contribution focuses on the medical applications of new information and communication technologies (NICTs). We discuss the paradoxical nature of the spread of these technologies, related to the discrepancy between the promises held out by their use in a healthcare system searching for new mechanisms of coordination and their actual implementation, involving a series of experiments that to date have been short-lived. We then argue that solving this paradox requires understanding the complexity of the interaction process between NICTs and organisational changes. Thus while NICTs can facilitate the restructuring of provider networks, one of the principal challenges facing healthcare systems, they also reveal the tensions engendered by some new formal coordination mechanisms.
Authors:
M Kerleau; N Pelletier-Fleury
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care     Volume:  3     ISSN:  1618-7598     ISO Abbreviation:  Eur J Health Econ     Publication Date:  2002  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2004-12-20     Completed Date:  2005-04-04     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101134867     Medline TA:  Eur J Health Econ     Country:  Germany    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  207-14     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
CREGAS, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France. kerleau@kb.inserm.fr
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