Achieving knowledge management integration through EAI: a case study from healthcare sector

The non-integrated nature of healthcare Information Systems (IS) is strongly associated with a reduction in the quality of care services. Therefore, healthcare organisations can not efficiently exchange data and knowledge. Thus, numerous medical errors occur that impact healthcare services. In response, healthcare organisations have attempted to integrate their IS using Enterprise Application Integration (EAI). Recent literature findings indicate that EAI achieves integration at four layers namely: (a) connectivity, (b) transportation, (c) transformation and (d) process integration. In this paper, we suggest that among others, EAI achieves Knowledge integration and we propose a revised model (REAL) which was tested through a case study. The results are significant as they show that cases leading to medical errors, wrong prescription and diagnosis can be prevented by integrating knowledge through EAI. This is of high importance, since around 23,000 and 100,000 patients die per year in UK and USA respectively from medical errors

Location-based services for public policy making: the direct and indirect way to e-participation

This article investigates the areas of e-Participation and Location-Based Services and proposes services that facilitate citizens’ participation in public policy making. When using these services, citizens will be alerted to relevant policies and public policy making when they are moving from one place to another. This article enhances the body of knowledge as it proposes: (a) a Location-Based Services classification, (b) a roadmap for Location-Based Services in e-Participation, (c) a classification of concerns and challenges in this area, and (d) direct and indirect location-based services in e-Participation for public policy making. The article opens new areas for research and highlights issues of concern and challenges

A search for doubly charged higgs production in z0 decays

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