Health information systems: Failure, success and improvisation

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-137

  Heeks, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Information systems; Organisational change; Risk management; Systems analysis

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE;

HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

GREAT BRITAIN; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATE MEDICINE; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 31544475966     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2005.07.024     Document Type: Article

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