The advent of the Information Society is marked by the explosive penetration of information
technologies in all aspects of life and by a related fundamental transformation in every form …

Advances in the area of wireless and mobile telemedicine to diagnose and treat patients
have drawn growing attention from healthcare providers and recipients, industry …

Abstract The Italian Federation of Healthcare Trusts and Municipalities promoted a national
initiative, named LITIS, on the levels of technological innovation in healthcare, to assist its …

German public hospitals face governmental and regulatory pressures to implement
efficiency and effectiveness metrics, such as the classification of a Diagnosis Related …

In this chapter we bind together three elements: governance structures, the health care
industry and modern information and communication technology (ICT). Our hypothesis is …

Various reports of information security breaches, unintended information disclosures of
confidential patient information, and computer attacks have raised the awareness about …

Hospitals in Kenya are adopting and implementing ICT in order to improve transparency,
efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery through the implementation of Hospital …

1.1 Background The goal of this thesis is to find the key management factors in the health
care information systems (IS) projects in order to improve the implementation, initial use and …

Value networks are one of the main forms of value creation today. Suppliers, manufacturers
and customers form a dynamic collaboration structure. Networks and companies alike are …

Using data collected from 78 out of the 149 hospitals in Ibadan, Nigeria, which are
registered with the Nigerian National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), this article examines …