Framework to Develop a Resilient and Sustainable Integrated Information System for Health Care Applications: A Review

Abstract

The reconstruction of the health sector amidst the forth industrial revolution has been confronted with many challenges. Many benefits have been attributed to the vital role played by technology in realizing and constructing a robust health information system. However, amidst the digitalization in the healthcare system, several challenges such as integration and fragmentation have been affecting the structure of the Health Information Systems (HIS) which subsequently influences decision making and resource allocation. Therefore, this paper through a comprehensive systematic review afford a proposition for a develop a resilient and sustainable information system for Health Care applications. The study reveals the parallel impact of health information technology application in the healthcare arena and highlight the need for more in-depth research on HIS that incorporate novel scientific methods. Additional this study also presents a body of evident that reveal the inadequacies of the HIS to tackle the constant transformative changes presently confronting the global healthcare systems.

A Systematic Literature Review of Health Information Systems for Healthcare

“…Malik, Kazi [ 27 ] assessed HIS adoption in terms of technological, organizational, human, and environmental determinants and reported a variation of different degrees of utilization. Despite these facts, the extant literature maintains the need for a resilient and sustainable HIS for health care applications within the healthcare arena at all levels [ 18 , 27 , 28 ].…”

“…The current state of HIS is considered to be inadequate despite its numerus deployment of HIS that has been driven by its potential benefit to uplift healthcare and revolutionize its processes [ 17 , 18 ]. The persistence of many constraints and resistance to technology has resulted to the incapacitation of HIS in the attainment of its objectives.…”

“…The persistence of many constraints and resistance to technology has resulted to the incapacitation of HIS in the attainment of its objectives. The extant literature reveals several challenges in different categories, such as the inadequacy of human resources and technological convergence within the healthcare [ 18 ], highlighting the evidence of limitations of HIS that restrict their utilization and deployment within the healthcare. Although several authors identified the unique disposition of HIS in integrating care and unifying the health process, these perspectives seems to be marred by the presence of barriers [ 17 , 19 ].…”

Health Information System and Health Care Applications Performance in the Healthcare Arena: A Bibliometric Analysis

“…Many health care applications in the healthcare arena have experienced added value from the use of HIS, among which includes improved population health, accurate resource distribution and management capacity [ 2 , 19 ]. Nevertheless, studies revealed that there are still questions and concerns about the potential use and alignment of HIS with certain health care applications’ objectives [ 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 ]. Ncube and Mars [ 24 ] argue that the lack of focus is a barrier that hinders HIS’s acknowledgement, alluding that most initiatives are fragmented and stalled.…”

“…Sligo and Gauld [ 25 ] posit HIS’s enactment for health care applications to be inundated with glitches that have resulted in rife implementation flaws and failures. In addition, current literature conveyed that despite technological deployment being instituted to ameliorate problems within the healthcare arena, there is still insufficient attention devoted to the deployment of such technologies [ 3 , 21 , 24 , 26 ].…”