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integration of IT programs such as EHR to their routine medical service provision activities, it is
essential to develop a critical policy assessment program that critique the benefits and challenges
associated with Health technologies both in the organization and to their patients (Joshi and Buch
et al. 2016).
2.1 Types and Aspects of IT Used in Health Care
Most of the scientific studies like the research by Varkey, Horne, and Bennet (2010)
relate to the use of Health Information Technology with succinct consideration on the
development experienced over the past in the health sector. Most of these scholarly reports laid
emphasis on two themes; the adoption of Health Information Technology and the impacts on
efficiency, safety, and quality of health care provision. Hence, it is pivotal for the study to
provide exponential assessment of these aspects because the rate and extent of adoption and
implementation of Health Information Technology is related to how well health care
organizations make use of HIT to positively influence protection, excellence and the competence
of their healthcare amenities (Varkey, Horne and Bennet, 2010).
The adoption of IT programs into organizational health services is dependent on variables
such as the strategies and policies formulated by the health institution concerning the attainment
of better health services. The resource allocations by the management towards the institutional
Research and Development (R&D) as well as the objectives sought by the institution regarding
the quality of their services on patient safety also impacts the adoption of Health IT. For
instance, with quality research on R&D and Health IT, a health organization would determine
that integrating programs like EHR, PHR, and health information exchange (HIE) systems would
facilitate the synthesis, accessibility, and sharing of patient information thus improving their
services and patient safety standards.