How organisational politics explain IS implementation outcomes in hospitals

International Journal of Electronic Healthcare

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-148

  Fehse, Karen ^a   Krabbendam, Koos ^b  

^a Twente Hospital Group   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

case study; ethnography; hospitals; implementation; information systems; politics; technological change

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION;

EID: 33645105522     PISSN: 17418453     EISSN: 17418461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEH.2004.005860     Document Type: Article

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