How do integrated delivery systems adopt and implement clinical information systems?
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Published on: June 11, 2012
Bryan J Weiner1, Lucy A Savitz, Shulamit Bernard
1Department of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. bryan_weiner@unc.edu
Abstract:
We examined how five integrated delivery systems make decisions about and implement clinical information systems. Using case study methods, we identified general themes and explored how organizational context factors and information technology characteristics affect adoption and implementation processes.
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