Management of this transfer dependency can be physical transportation for physical objects such as
labs and test results or communication when the things transferred are information, e.g., diagnosis
information and medicine prescriptions. For physical transportation, IT can be used to manage the
inventory and deliver them just in time when they are required by the consumer. The communication
between the producer and the consumer can be improved by the use of IT, which
electronically stores and transfers the information from the producer to the consumer on a realtime
basis.