A cross-country comparison of success factor priorities for health information technology managers: Evidence of convergence in the nordic countries

Thi Thanh Hai Nguyen, Tom Roar Eikebrokk, Carl Erik Moe, Rony Medaglia, Hannu Larsson, Tommi Tapanainen

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Abstract

The implementation of Health Information Technology (HIT) can improve the provision of high-quality and efficient healthcare services, however, it has met with significant challenges in many cases. Despite the challenges occurring in many countries, prior research on HIT implementation success factors is, however, mainly from the USA. This research conducted a survey to IT managers in Nordic countries' healthcare organizations and compiled a list of the HIT implementation success factors that these managers considered important in each country. It was found that IT managers in Nordic countries agree highly with each other in their judgment of the importance of these success factors. While Nordic countries' healthcare systems and culture are relatively similar, the results suggest that an internationally applicable set of recommendations for the successful completion of HIT implementations could be within the realm of possibility.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 48th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2015
EditorsTung X. Bui, Ralph H. Sprague
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages2824-2833
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9781479973675
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26 Mar 2015
Externally publishedYes
Event48th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2015 - Kauai, United States
Duration: 5 Jan 20158 Jan 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Volume2015-March
ISSN (Print)1530-1605

Conference

Conference48th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityKauai
Period5/01/158/01/15

Keywords

  • Chief information officer (CIO)
  • Health information technology (HIT)
  • Implementation
  • Information technology (IT) manager
  • Success factors

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