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Hospital information technology in home care (Review)

Retraction in: /10.3892/etm.2020.9168

  • Authors:
    • Xiao-Ying Zhang
    • Pei-Ying Zhang
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  • Published online on: September 6, 2016     https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3664
  • Pages: 2408-2410
  • Copyright: © Zhang et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.

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Abstract

The utilization of hospital information technology (HIT) as a tool for home care is a recent trend in health science. Subjects gaining benefits from this new endeavor include middle-aged individuals with serious chronic illness living at home. Published data on the utilization of health care information technology especially for home care in chronic illness patients have increased enormously in recent past. The common chronic illnesses reported in these studies were primarily on heart and lung diseases. Furthermore, health professionals have confirmed in these studies that HIT was beneficial in gaining better access to information regarding their patients and they were also able to save that information easily for future use. On the other hand, some health professional also observed that the use of HIT in home care is not suitable for everyone and that individuals cannot be replaced by HIT. On the whole it is clear that the use of HIT could complement communication in home care. The present review aims to shed light on these latest aspects of the health care information technology in home care.
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Zhang X and Zhang X: Hospital information technology in home care (Review) Retraction in /10.3892/etm.2020.9168. Exp Ther Med 12: 2408-2410, 2016
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Zhang, X., & Zhang, X. (2016). Hospital information technology in home care (Review) Retraction in /10.3892/etm.2020.9168. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 12, 2408-2410. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3664
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Zhang, X., Zhang, P."Hospital information technology in home care (Review) Retraction in /10.3892/etm.2020.9168". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 12.4 (2016): 2408-2410.
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Zhang, X., Zhang, P."Hospital information technology in home care (Review) Retraction in /10.3892/etm.2020.9168". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 12, no. 4 (2016): 2408-2410. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2016.3664