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Outsourcing in the Healthcare Industry: Information Technology, Intellectual Property, and Allied Aspects

Outsourcing in the Healthcare Industry: Information Technology, Intellectual Property, and Allied Aspects

Amar Gupta, Raj K. Goyal, Keith A. Joiner, Sanjay Saini
Copyright: © 2008 |Volume: 21 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 26
ISSN: 1040-1628|EISSN: 1533-7979|ISSN: 1040-1628|EISBN13: 9781615200054|EISSN: 1533-7979|DOI: 10.4018/irmj.2008010101
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Gupta, Amar, et al. "Outsourcing in the Healthcare Industry: Information Technology, Intellectual Property, and Allied Aspects." IRMJ vol.21, no.1 2008: pp.1-26. http://doi.org/10.4018/irmj.2008010101

APA

Gupta, A., Goyal, R. K., Joiner, K. A., & Saini, S. (2008). Outsourcing in the Healthcare Industry: Information Technology, Intellectual Property, and Allied Aspects. Information Resources Management Journal (IRMJ), 21(1), 1-26. http://doi.org/10.4018/irmj.2008010101

Chicago

Gupta, Amar, et al. "Outsourcing in the Healthcare Industry: Information Technology, Intellectual Property, and Allied Aspects," Information Resources Management Journal (IRMJ) 21, no.1: 1-26. http://doi.org/10.4018/irmj.2008010101

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Abstract

The healthcare industry is being impacted by advances in information technology in four major ways: first, a broad spectrum of tasks that were previously done manually can now be performed by computers; second, some tasks can be outsourced to other countries using inexpensive communications technology; third, longitudinal and societal healthcare data can now be analyzed in acceptable periods of time; and fourth, the best medical expertise can sometimes be made available without the need to transport the patient to the doctor or vice versa. The healthcare industry will increasingly use a portfolio approach comprised of three closelycoordinated components seamlessly interwoven together: healthcare tasks performed by humans on-site; healthcare tasks performed by humans off-site, including tasks performed in other countries; and healthcare tasks performed by computers without direct human involvement. Finally, this paper deals with intellectual property and legal aspects related to the three-pronged healthcare services paradigm.

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