Technological developments have shed optimistic light on the future of telecommunications in healthcare. However, problems still prevail in the healthcare industry and the need for an effective solution in a rapidly evolving technological environment is imperative in the coming years. This paper defines the problem within healthcare delivery worldwide and theoretically explores a typical medical scenario in Kuwait, utilising the grounded theory method. It traces the social processes within medical work and network and attempts to understand the underlying relationships between the two. Analysis of the scenario leads to an understanding of the concepts and categories, enabling the interpretation of a theory that forms the basis of an architectural model, resulting in the proposition of a new telehealth paradigm, the pay‐per‐use concept. The research question focuses on the appropriateness of such a concept for the healthcare industry. Anticipates that the proposed new conceptual framework will be the evolving IT solution in healthcare delivery.
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Abdullah Akber;
Abdullah Akber
School of Computing, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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Tom Gough
Tom Gough
School of Computing, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7948
Print ISSN: 0957-6053
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2003
Logistics Information Management (2003) 16 (3-4): 229–245.
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Akber A, Gough T (2003), "TeleHealth paradigm for Kuwait’s healthcare". Logistics Information Management, Vol. 16 No. 3-4 pp. 229–245, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/09576050310483826
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