Organizational factors affecting successful adoption of innovative eHealth services: A case study employing the FITT framework

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-52

  Tsiknakis, Manolis ^a   Kouroubali, Angelina ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

eHealth; FITT framework; Organizational issues in health IS implementation; Regional Health Information Networks; Social and organizational aspects of implementing eHealth services; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

EHEALTH; FITT FRAMEWORK; ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES IN HEALTH IS IMPLEMENTATION; REGIONAL HEALTH INFORMATION NETWORKS; SOCIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL ASPECTS OF IMPLEMENTING EHEALTH SERVICES; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE; MEDICAL COMPUTING;

HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATA ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RECORDS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 57549085756     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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