Information technology, innovation and human development: hospital information systems in an Indian State
| Autor: | Sundeep Sahay, Geoff Walsham |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Walsham, Geoffrey [0000-0002-5730-4043], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Hospital information system
Economic growth Knowledge management capability approach 050204 development studies India 02 engineering and technology Development 020204 information systems 0502 economics and business 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Information system Sociology business.industry 05 social sciences Public sector Information technology health Human development (humanity) innovation Disadvantaged human development Information and Communications Technology ICTs Capability approach business |
| DOI: | 10.17863/cam.7121 |
| Popis: | This paper addresses the topic of how innovation based on information and communication technologies (ICTs) can contribute to human development. A theoretical framework is developed in two stages. Firstly, ICT-based innovation is conceptualized as involving technological, social and institutional innovations. Secondly, Sen’s capability approach is drawn on to theorize how such innovations can contribute to human development. The theoretical framework is used as a basis to explore a rich case study of the development and use of a hospital information system within the public sector of the State of Himachal Pradesh in India. The paper analyses both the potential that the system has to promote positive development outcomes in the State, but also the challenges which constrain that impact. Three human development themes are identified and discussed: strengthening processes to include the disadvantaged; empowering the patient and making communal voices count. Finally, it is argued that the theoretical approach in the paper may have applicability in other contexts where ICT-based innovations are aiming to support human development outcomes. |
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