Annotated Bibliography: Computer Use beyond Clinical informatics

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Annotated Bibliography: Computer use beyond Clinical informatics

Fiander, M., McGowan, J., Grad, R., Pluye, P., Hannes, K., Labrecque, M., … & Tugwell, P. (2015). Interventions to increase the use of electronic health information by healthcare practitioners to improve clinical practice and patient outcomes. The Cochrane Library.

The paper is about how to increase the use of technology in the clinic. One of the main focuses of the paper is the results of the randomized control experiment. From the findings and the conclusions drawn from this paper, it is clear that more areas in medicine and healthcare need computers. The research present in this paper will be used in the final write out to express some of the areas where computers are needed using backed up evidence.

Shortliffe, E. H., Detmer, D. E., & Munger, B. S. (2016). Clinical Informatics: Emergence of a New Profession. In Clinical Informatics Study Guide (pp. 3-21). Springer International Publishing.

The article’s main points is about the need for a new kind of person in the healthcare department. This person should be the one to deal with information. According to the article, such a person is needed for a number of reasons. One of the main reasons is that it is increasingly becoming common for information to be available through technology. A person well vast in the technology field would do a good job in such an area. The article also highlights the need for healthcare professionals to understand technology. The article gives many reasons aside from informatics alone. This article will be useful as it will help in showing all the other ways technology, and thus, computers can be used in healthcare.

ukums, F., Mensah, N., Mpembeni, R., Massawe, S., Duysburgh, E., Williams, A., … & Blank, A. (2015). Promising adoption of an electronic clinical decision support system for antenatal and intrapartum care in rural primary healthcare facilities in sub-Saharan Africa: The QUALMAT experience. International journal of medical informatics, 84(9), 647-657.

This article places a special focus on sub Saharan Africa. This is a part of the world that is currently mainly made up of developing countries. From this article, the advancement in technology, and hence the use of computers in healthcare, can be seen from a perspective where it affects less able people in society. This is generally a good step towards making sure that information and computers serve a good purpose. The article will be used in my paper to show how computers have helped and continue to help developing areas.