Grants (2001-2003)

Healthcare

Background

The program was established in June 2001 as a partnership between Monash University, through its School of Information Management and Systems, and ASOKA Systems Australian P/L who provided seed funding. This initiative draws on a 15 year association between the partners and their work in the healthcare and bio-medical areas.
The Program focuses on the application of knowledge management to the financial and clinical requirements of the healthcare sector. The specific aim of the Program is to address effectiveness of healthcare through an exploration of collaboration within the sector. The research agenda of the Program is to investigate the full range of issues in the collaborative arrangements within healthcare and issues relating to the design and deployment of information and communication technology (ICT) to support such collaboration. The research agenda is conducted from the perspective of knowledge management but is informed by the needs of the sector as identified by the industry stakeholders.

Objectives

The specific aims of the Program are to:

1. establish and document a comprehensive understanding of the healthcare sector
2. apply a knowledge management framework to the work that defines healthcare
3. document and disseminate what has been learnt to industry stakeholders
4. exploit technology to give effect to this new understanding of the sector
5. monitor the efficacy of these interventions

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