A balanced scorecard approach in assessing IT value in healthcare sector: An empirical examination

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3583-3596

  Wu, Ing Long ^a   Kuo, Yi Zu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Balanced scorecard; Healthcare sector; IT value; Performance measure

Indexed keywords

BALANCED SCORECARD; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMPIRICISM; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNAL VALIDITY; MEDICAL CARE; METHODOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; RATING SCALE; SATISFACTION; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; BENCHMARKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84867848988     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: 1573689X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10916-012-9834-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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