The alignment of information systems with organizational objectives and strategies in health care

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 446-456

  Bush, Marianne ^a   Lederer, Albert L ^a   Li, Xun ^a   Palmisano, Jay ^a   Rao, Shashank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment; Health care information systems; Qualitative research; Strategy

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY; HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGERS; MANAGERIAL ACTIONS; NEW SYSTEM; ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRATEGY;

ALIGNMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MANAGERS; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INVESTMENT; MANAGER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 67349087316     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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