Review of Health Information Systems in Oman
This paper is a review of Oman's major Health Information Systems (HISs) and their enabling technologies. The work assesses the scope, functionality, security, and interoperability of the used systems. The review aids in achieving the objectives of HIS systems of improving the global quality of...
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| author | Mohammed Elhadi Ahmed Al-Hosni Khaled Day Adbullah Al-Hamadani Abdulrahman Al-Toqi Nasser Al-Shamli Ali Al-Hashmi |
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| description | This paper is a review of Oman's major Health Information Systems (HISs) and their enabling technologies. The work assesses the scope, functionality, security, and interoperability of the used systems. The review aids in achieving the objectives of HIS systems of improving the global quality of health care, attaining increased coordination between health care providers and consumers, promoting the use of guidelines and policies, and improving the speed of simultaneous access and distribution of medicalrecords and other resources. This paper, which can be considered as a building block towards the development of a nation-wide health care system, studies existing systems and identifies their functions and structures. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9cd4cbbad8244efd8e52cd1e0fb26ccb2022-12-21T23:56:08ZengSultan Qaboos UniversitySultan Qaboos University Journal for Science1027-524X2414-536X2007-06-0112210112010.24200/squjs.vol12iss2pp101-120392Review of Health Information Systems in OmanMohammed Elhadi0Ahmed Al-Hosni1Khaled Day2Adbullah Al-Hamadani3Abdulrahman Al-Toqi4Nasser Al-Shamli5Ali Al-Hashmi6Department of Computer Science, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O.Box 36, PC 123, Al-Khodh, Sultanate of Oman, MuscatDepartment of Computer Science, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O.Box 36, PC 123, Al-Khodh, Sultanate of Oman, MuscatDepartment of Computer Science, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O.Box 36, PC 123, Al-Khodh, Sultanate of Oman, MuscatDepartment of Computer Science, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O.Box 36, PC 123, Al-Khodh, Sultanate of Oman, MuscatDirectorate General of Information Technology, Ministry of Health, Muscat, OmanDirectorate General of Information Technology, Ministry of Health, Muscat, OmanHospital Information System Department, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Alkhod, OmanThis paper is a review of Oman's major Health Information Systems (HISs) and their enabling technologies. The work assesses the scope, functionality, security, and interoperability of the used systems. The review aids in achieving the objectives of HIS systems of improving the global quality of health care, attaining increased coordination between health care providers and consumers, promoting the use of guidelines and policies, and improving the speed of simultaneous access and distribution of medicalrecords and other resources. This paper, which can be considered as a building block towards the development of a nation-wide health care system, studies existing systems and identifies their functions and structures.https://journals.squ.edu.om/index.php/squjs/article/view/395Health information systemsomanheath careinformation technology. |
| spellingShingle | Mohammed Elhadi Ahmed Al-Hosni Khaled Day Adbullah Al-Hamadani Abdulrahman Al-Toqi Nasser Al-Shamli Ali Al-Hashmi Review of Health Information Systems in Oman Sultan Qaboos University Journal for Science Health information systems oman heath care information technology. |
| title | Review of Health Information Systems in Oman |
| title_full | Review of Health Information Systems in Oman |
| title_fullStr | Review of Health Information Systems in Oman |
| title_full_unstemmed | Review of Health Information Systems in Oman |
| title_short | Review of Health Information Systems in Oman |
| title_sort | review of health information systems in oman |
| topic | Health information systems oman heath care information technology. |
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