Advocating for action design research on IT value creation in healthcare

Journal of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 860-878

  Sherer, Susan A ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action design research; Action research; Benefits from health IT; Design science research; Heath IT; IT Value; Value of health IT

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; DIGITAL STORAGE; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING;

ACTION DESIGN RESEARCH; ACTION RESEARCH; BENEFIT FROM HEALTH IT; DESIGN RESEARCH; DESIGN-SCIENCE RESEARCHES; HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY; HEATH IT; IT VALUE; IT VALUE CREATION; VALUE OF HEALTH IT;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84919727070     PISSN: 15583457     EISSN: 15369323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1jais.00384     Document Type: Article

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