Advantages and Disadvantages of information systems in large urban community hospitals:
One advantage is the ease of use. Everything has to be user-friendly in order to work. Another advantage is the real time updating. Up-to-date results or changes help decrease the waiting time. This is what a patient wants, less waiting time. A disadvantage would be bad information. It is possible for the system to fail at a split second and give the wrong information to the wrong patient and staff. Another disadvantage would be privacy. Everything has to be kept private at all times. This could be hard to do.
Advantages and Disadvantages of information systems in small rural hospitals:
One advantage is the improvement of quality care. With the support of information technology another advantage is that it creates a more efficient and patient-centered care. This is done through the inpatient and outpatient boundaries which will fade. A disadvantage is the cost. The start up cost and the maintenance cost could be exorbitant. To obtain the justification for capital expenditure could be difficult. Another disadvantage is time for acquiring, educating, implementing, using, and testing the technology. Most people have to be convinced that it is worth the trouble in order to embrace the change.
Advantages and Disadvantages of information systems in free clinics based in poor urban communities:
One advantage is the ability to define the population that one serves. In order to utilize resources and health outcomes you have to have data. The data collected can create the research and analysis dataset. Another ...