Accelerating MSC telehealth flagship application through adoption of knowledge management: Making medical knowledge available with Windows Communication Foundation

• Main Author: Ratnam, Kalai Anand
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/11383/1/408-414-CR176.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/11383/; http://www.kmice.uum.edu.my

The MSC Malaysia was conceptualized in 1996 by the government of Malaysia to turn the nation into fast growing dynamic ICT-hub focussing on solutions, services and research and development.To further boost the growth of MSC, innovative flagship applications were derived which primarily focuses on E-Government, MyKad, Smart School, Telehealth and Technopreneur Development. One of the key problems across Malaysia is the inadequate sharing of tacit medical knowledge among medical practitioners which is vital to ensure the MSC Telehealth flagship application is successful. This paper will address the mechanisms to accelerate the MSC Telehealth flagship application through the adoption of a knowledge management framework implemented using Windows Communication Foundation.The adoption of knowledge management to further improve the management and sharing of disseminated medical information and healthcare knowledge will become the success criteria for medical practitioners to further enhance the point of care decision making process.In this paper, I will introduce the MSC Telehealth flagship application, Medical Informatics; Application of Knowledge Management in Healthcare and finally a conceptual model will be presented based on the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) which will allow the sharing of medical information.