Information utilization in tactical decision making of middle management health managers

CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-16

  Kontio, Elina ^a,b   Lundgren Laine, Heljä ^a,c   Kontio, Juha ^b   Korvenranta, Heikki ^c   Salanterä, Sanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^c University Hospital   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cardiac care process; Information management; Information system; Tactical decision making

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING INFORMATICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATORS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING INFORMATICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84873426795     PISSN: 15382931     EISSN: 15389774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NXN.0b013e318261f192     Document Type: Article

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