The effects of the assimilation and use of IT applications on financial performance in healthcare organizations

Journal of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 274-298

  Setia, Pankaj ^a   Setia, Monika ^b   Krishnan, Ranjani ^c   Sambamurthy, Vallabh ^c  

^a Springfield Neurological and Spine Institute   (United States)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterprise IT architectures; Financial performance; Health care; IT value; Synergies

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS;

CLINICAL PROCESS; ENTERPRISE IT; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS; HOSPITAL PERFORMANCE; IT APPLICATIONS; IT VALUE; SYNERGIES;

FINANCE;

EID: 79957832453     PISSN: 15583457     EISSN: 15369323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1jais.0060     Document Type: Article

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