Healthcare organizations now consider increased efficiency, reduced costs, improved patient care and quality of services, and safety when they are planning to implement new information and communication technology (ICT) based applications. However, in spite of enormous investment in health information systems (HIS), no convincing evidence of the overall benefits of HISs yet exists. The publishing of studies that capture the effects of the implementation and use of ICT-based applications in healthcare may contribute to the emergence of an evidence-based health informatics which can be used as a platform for decisions made by policy makers, executives, and clinicians. Health informatics needs further studies identifying the factors affecting successful HIS implementation and capturing the effects of HIS implementation. The purpose of the work presented in this thesis is to increase the available knowledge about the impact of the implementation and use of HISs in healthcare organizations. All the studies included in this thesis used qualitative research methods…
Contents
INTRODUCTION
MOTIVATION
PROBLEM STATEMENT
CONTRIBUTIONS
METHODS
RESULTS
DISCUSSION
CONCLUSION AND FUTURE WORK
ABBREVIATION
REFERENCES
PAPER I-III
Author: Rahimi, Bahol
Source: Linköping University
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