Digital Innovation in Urban Healthcare by enhancing infrastructure with Information Technology (IT)
Department of Biomedical Engineering, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India.
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Open Access Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, 2025, 08(01), 066-078.
Article DOI: 10.53022/oarjet.2025.8.1.0032
Publication history:
Received on 18 January 2025; revised on 24 February 2025; accepted on 27 February 2025
Abstract:
The increasing urbanization of cities today has its disadvantages, especially in the healthcare sector where the provision of services faces a number of obstacles including barriers of accessibility, wastage of resources, and an overall unmet demand. One of the strategically possible ways to overturn these disadvantages as it is stated in the article is to industrialize the urbanization processes by incorporating Information Technology (IT). This paper seeks to look into the relationship between IT development and urban healthcare instruments development; through the usage of GIS, IoT, AI technologies. Some cases of urban healthcare practice are: Optimal positioning of healthcare facilities, promotion of equitable access to healthcare, and provision of effective healthcare by means of geography related ICT tools. Emerging smart cities such as Singapore and Seoul illustrate the vast influence of information technologies in improving patient experience especially through telemedicine, EHRs, and real time monitors. In addition, healthcare and other essential services have been centralized as IT assists in resilience, as witnessed during the pandemic where digital health enabled quick response and business as usual. With the rapid integration of IT within the urban development framework, it can easily foster efficiency within healthcare systems making them effective and equitable.
Keywords:
Information Technology; Urban Planning; Healthcare Infrastructure; Artificial Intelligence (AI); Internet of Things (IoT)
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