Information technology strategy and alignment issues in health care organizations

Health Care Management Review

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 188-200

  Iveroth, Einar ^a   Fryk, Pontus ^a   Rapp, Birger ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

health care information technology; IT alignment; IT maturity; IT strategy; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SWEDEN;

HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PLANNING TECHNIQUES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84880245044     PISSN: 03616274     EISSN: 15505030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HMR.0b013e31826119d7     Document Type: Article

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