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Title:
E-health systems diffusion and use : the innovation, the user and the Use IT model
Personal Author:
Spil, Ton A. M.
Publication Information:
Hershey, PA : Idea Group Publishing, 2006
ISBN:
9781591404231
Subject Term:
Information storage and retrieval systems -- Medicine -- Evaluation

Medical informatics -- Evaluation

Health services administration -- Information technology -- Evaluation

Medical care -- Information services -- Evaluation
Added Author:
Schuring, Roel

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E-Health Systems Diffusion and Use: The Innovation, the User and the Use IT Model offers an overview of the use and diffusion of information systems in the health care sector with particular attention to the role of the user. This book starts with classic contributions and modifications and then continues with contemporary contributions, which include both qualitative and quantitative approaches. ""E-Health Systems Diffusion and Use: The Innovation, the User and the Use IT Model"" combines various approaches to understand the diffusion and use of IS in health care, combining quantitative and qualitative approaches offering ""the best of both worlds"". From a healthcare viewpoint, ""E-Health Systems Diffusion and Use: The Innovation, the User and the Use IT Model"" serves as a guide to better innovation through information technology, bringing a leap forward in formal evaluation of information systems in health care.


Author Notes

Ton A. M. Spil (1964) is area leader healthcare of the Center of Telecommunication and IT (CTIT) and Assistant Professor at the department of Technology & Management at the University of Twente. He edited a book called ""strategies for healthcare information systems"" published by the IDEA group in 2001 and chaired the healthcare track on several major conferences on information systems. His research interests lie on the subjects information strategy, innovation and diffusion of information systems and e-Health. R.W.Schuring (1964) is Associate Professor of Management of Health Care Organizations at the University of Twente in Enschede (The Netherlands). His research focuses on the effective organization of operational processes in healthcare. The role of the user in the diffusion of new technologies has particular interest. He cooperates with leading hospitals in The Netherlands and abroad.


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"E-Health Systems Diffusion and Use: the Innovation, the User and the Use IT Model offers an overview of the use and diffusion of information systems in the health care sector with particular attention to the role of the user. This book starts with classic contributions and modifications and then continues with contemporary contributions, which include both qualitative and quantitative approaches." "E-Health Systems Diffusion and Use: the Innovation, the User and the Use IT Model combines various approaches to understand the diffusion and use of IS in health care, combining quantitative and qualitative approaches offering "the best of both worlds"."--BOOK JACKET.