Health information systems: Failure, success and improvisation

Health information systems: Failure, success and improvisation

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The generalised assumption of health information systems (HIS) success is questioned by a few commentators in the medical informatics field. They point to widespread HIS failure. The purpose of this paper was therefore to develop a better conceptual foundation for, and practical guidance on, health information systems failure (and success). METHODS Literature and case a...

Evaluation of Success and Failure Factors of the Health Information System (SIB) in Health Care Facilities

Objective: Information systems have been used in healthcare organizations for more than three decades, but successful cases of these systems are usually low; This is especially important in healthcare centers, where human health is at stake. This study aims to determine the success and failure factors of the SIB health system in Torbat Heydariyeh health care centers from the perspective of user...

Failure, Success and Improvisation of Information Systems Projects in Developing Countries

........................................................................................................................................................ 1 A. INTRODUCTION: DEFINING AND MEASURING SUCCESS AND FAILURE.....................................2 THE EXTENT OF SUCCESS AND FAILURE ................................................................................................. 3 B. UNDERST...

Sociomateriality and Information Systems Success and Failure

The aim of this essay is to put forward a performative, sociomaterial perspective on Information Systems (IS) success and failure in organisations by focusing intently upon the discursive-material nature of IS development and use in practice. Through the application of Actor Network Theory (ANT) to the case of an IS that transacts insurance products we demonstrate the contribution of such a per...

Information Systems and Developing Countries: Failure, Success and Local Improvisations