Evaluation of investment for enterprise application integration technology in healthcare organisations: a cost-benefit approach

International Journal of Electronic Healthcare

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 453-467

  Khoumbati, Khalil ^a   Sarwar Shah, Syed Ghulam ^b   Kumar Dwivedi, Yogesh ^c   Hussain Shah, Mahmood ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SINDH   (Pakistan)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

benefits; case study; costs; enterprise integration technology; healthcare; investment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER NETWORK; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 42949175332     PISSN: 17418453     EISSN: 17418461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEH.2007.015323     Document Type: Article

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