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The Role of a Disruptive Pervasive Technology Solution to Facilitate Better Healthcare Delivery to Native American Patients

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Chronic diseases are increasing exponentially and by their very nature and definition mean that no cure is in sight. One such chronic disease is diabetes. The WHO has described diabetes as a silent epidemic given the current number of sufferers and future projections of increased number of individuals who are expected to contract diabetes. While globally the numbers of diabetic sufferers are alarming, in some segments of the community there is significant overrepresentation due to many factors including ineffective and inefficient healthcare delivery processes. The following proffers a disruptive, pervasive technology solution as a way to not only facilitate superior care for diabetic patients but also enable needed healthcare delivery process redesign.

An earlier version of this material was presented at the 2011 HICSS conference, 4–7 Jan, Kuai, Hawaii.

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  1. MIS Department, School of Business and Technology, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, 900 Wood Rd, Kenosha, WI, 53141-2000, USA

    Suresh Chalasani

  2. INET International Canada, 131 Glen Crescent, Thornhill, ON, Canada, L4J 4W4

    Steve Goldberg

  3. Epworth HealthCare & Department of BITL & HIRi, RMIT University, 2476, Melbourne, VIC, 3001, Australia

    Nilmini Wickramasinghe

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  1. RMIT University, School of Business Information Technolog, Melbourne VIC, Australia

    Nilmini Wickramasinghe

  2. University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

    Latif Al-Hakim

  3. Department of Urology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA

    Chris Gonzalez

  4. DeGroote School Business, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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Chalasani, S., Goldberg, S., Wickramasinghe, N. (2014). The Role of a Disruptive Pervasive Technology Solution to Facilitate Better Healthcare Delivery to Native American Patients. In: Wickramasinghe, N., Al-Hakim, L., Gonzalez, C., Tan, J. (eds) Lean Thinking for Healthcare. Healthcare Delivery in the Information Age. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8036-5_18

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