Title :
Selection and implementation of information technology in the health care industry
Author :
Eden, Karen Beekman ; Kocaoglu, Dundar F.
Author_Institution :
Eng. Manage. Program, Portland State Univ., OR, USA
Abstract :
A telephone survey was conducted with office representatives of 407 physician practices in Oregon. The purpose was to determine the selection and implementation processes related to software decisions. The respondents also rated the impacts of the software on the practice. The results are examined relative to practice size and type, cost of software, prior software experience and type of software
Keywords :
health care; information technology; software packages; software selection; Oregon; health care industry; information technology implementation; information technology selection; office representatives; physician practices; practice size; practice type; prior software experience; software cost; software decisions; software impacts; telephone survey; Costs; Diseases; Guidelines; Hospitals; Information technology; Medical services; Physics computing; Research and development management; Software; Telephony;
Conference_Titel :
Innovation in Technology Management - The Key to Global Leadership. PICMET '97: Portland International Conference on Management and Technology
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3574-0
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.1997.618454
