Information technology selection process and perceived impacts in physician practices

Author

Eden, Karen Beekman ; Kocaoglu, Dundar F.

Author_Institution

Div. of Med. Inf. & Outcomes Res., Oregon Health Sci. Univ., Portland, OR, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

36373

Firstpage

562

Abstract

The objective of this research was to identify the relationships between the selection process and the perceived impacts of information technology on the physician´s practice. A telephone survey was conducted with office representatives of 407 physician practices in Oregon. The descriptive results are presented in this summary paper. Relationships were identified between the selection process and the perceived impacts of the software on the practice. These relationships are not directly presented in this paper but are summarized and recommendations are made to physician practices for selecting software

Keywords

health care; information technology; software selection; IT selection process; Oregon; information technology selection process; office representatives; perceived impacts; physician practices; software selection; telephone survey; Biomedical informatics; Costs; Demography; Guidelines; Hospitals; Information technology; Medical services; Research and development management; Software; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management of Engineering and Technology, 1999. Technology and Innovation Management. PICMET '99. Portland International Conference on

Conference_Location

Portland, OR

Print_ISBN

1-890843-02-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PICMET.1999.787856

Filename

787856