Evaluating the adoption of enterprise application integration in health-care organizations

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 69-108

  Khoumbati, Khalil ^a   Themistocleous, Marinos ^a   Irani, Zahir ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enterprise application integration; Health care organization; Information system adoption; Information system evaluation

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ENTERPRISE APPLICATION INTEGRATION; FUZZY COGNITIVE MAPPING; INFORMATION SYSTEM ADOPTION;

MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33748589216     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222220404     Document Type: Article

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