Culture and the deployment of health care telematics applications

Abstract

Since telematics moved from the development laboratory to the medical practice arena, it has been posed with problems of transferability and integration. Medical knowledge is universal, but medical practice is local and particular. So, the cultural influence on the deployment of health care telematic applications is analysed. Cultural diversity is introduced as a key-though often hidden-factor in determining the success of the deployment of telematic applications in health care environments.