Transforming health care through information case studies

• Other Authors: Lorenzi, Nancy M. (Editor), Riley, Robert T. (Editor), Ball, Marion J. (Editor), Douglas, Judith V. (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer-Verlag 1995
• Series: Computers in health care
• Subjects: Medical Informatics > organization & administration; Integrated Advanced Information Management Systems > organization & administration; Management Information Systems; Organizational Innovation
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• Physical Description: xviii, 431 pages illustrations, maps 25 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780387944555; 0387944559

This book illustrates - through the use of case studies - the complex challenges which health service organizations are facing in implementing technology changes. Case studies address topics such as: organizational vision and strategic directions; organizational structures; getting the organization ready for change; change management implementation strategies; leadership issues; effects of technology diffusion upon people; effects on change-makers; effects on interpersonal interactions between professions; effects on the delivery of services to customers; effects on organizational quality issues; economic impacts; and managing the re-engineered organization