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Telematics in research planning processes: an example from global health
C Greiner1, G W Brauer, K Beyrer
1Research Institute for Applied Knowledge Processing (FAW), Ulm, Germany.
Medical Informatics = Medecine Et Informatique
|October 24, 1998
Summary
Information and communication technology (ICT) enhances cooperative work, like research planning at the World Health Organization (WHO). An Internet-based system improved global scientific collaboration for health development.
Area of Science:
- Health Informatics
- Organizational Communication
- Global Health Policy
Background:
- Effective strategic decision-making is crucial for large organizations.
- Cooperative processes, such as research planning, benefit significantly from improved communication.
- Information and communication technology (ICT) offers potential for enhancing these processes.
Purpose of the Study:
- To present a conceptual process for creating global scientific networks.
- To detail an Internet-based system for supporting research planning within the World Health Organization (WHO).
- To demonstrate how ICT can improve and create new cooperative processes.
Main Methods:
- Conceptualization of a process to facilitate global network creation.
- Implementation of an Internet-based system for research planning.
- Focus on enabling collaboration among scientists, planners, and field workers.
Main Results:
- Successful creation of a system supporting global research planning.
- Demonstration of ICT's capability to quantitatively and qualitatively transform work processes.
- Facilitation of cooperation for WHO health development activities.
Conclusions:
- ICT application can substantially improve the quantity, quality, and cost-effectiveness of cooperative work.
- The developed system illustrates the creation of new, qualitatively improved processes.
- Strategic application of ICT is vital for advancing global health initiatives.
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