Hospitals can benefit from knowledge management. Consultants share their knowledge to medical students and interns during conventions and lectures to prepare them to become expert in the medical field and become efficient doctors someday. A working environment that allows employees to feel comfortable sharing their hard-earned knowledge and experiences that make them esteemed to the organizations should be in place. A plan for retiring team members should also be laid out to collect their knowledge and experiences.
Health organizations or hospitals must continue to grow, evolve and innovate. Implementing knowledge management projects can plant the seeds for innovation by encouraging the free flow of ideas among employees, partners and stakeholders. Knowledge can come from the combination of evidence-based medical sources and patient records allowing access by the physician. The physician can then efficiently care and treat patients. Using knowledge management can result to increased revenue, decrease in cost, creation of new products and services, and improvement in the delivery of services.
References
Reynolds, G.W. (2010). Information Technology for Managers. Cengage Learning.
Hunter, L. (n.d.). Introduction to Knowledge Management. Retrieved from slideplayer.com