Monday, April 26, 2010

Healthcare stakeholders

Government both local and national are major stakeholders in health care. The use of technology in the delivery of health care to the citizens is an issue of accessibility, affordability and adequacy. It is assumed the rich have access to better care as they have the financial resources. Ethically, does it mean that the rich have a greater right to live or live longer?

In the allocation of scarce health care resources, nursing informatics can assist in providing this information and guide decisions to be made by government.