Despite high expectations for the value of e-business in healthcare, its adoption remains poorly understood and under-researched. The adoption and effective utilization of e-business in the healthcare industry can potentially lead to many benefits, such as: an increased accessibility to healthcare providers, improved work-flow efficiency, a higher quality of healthcare services, decreased sched...

A foundational element of modern healthcare is an evidence-based practice. However, the conduct of research to generate evidence and the subsequent application of research findings are viewed by many Canadian healthcare organizations as separate from healthcare delivery. This mindset impedes effective translation of knowledge into practice. In this article, underlying issues that enable this di...

Study analyses the present trends in cost and process management of healthcare organizations. First part of the paper describes the evolution of the costing methods from the traditional absorption costing techniques, into modern, process oriented, costing systems which is important tool for managerial decisions. The advantages and limitations of Activity-Based Costing approach are deeply discus...

The healthcare environment is changing rapidly, and effective management of the knowledge base in this area is an integral part of delivering highquality patient care. People all over the world rely on a huge array of organizations for the provision of healthcare, from public-sector monoliths and governmental agencies to privately funded organizations, and consulting and advisory groups. It is ...

Background and Objectives: The healthcare organization are often fail to realize their strategic goals due to the lack of effective leadership. To address this efficiency, factors can possibly influence the management performance should be identified. Thus, the purpose of this study was to evaluate hospital managers’ leadership style and explore the relationship between leadership style in hosp...

For the past 50 years, security has been an issue for computer specialists. However, the potential security risks changed from less critical breaches such as someone stealing a few CPU cycles or performing computer pranks (Williams 2002) to extremely damaging issues such as identity theft, credit card theft, denial of service, or destruction of computer files and content. Healthcare organizatio...

The extent of faith-based organizations' participation within the overall health systems of developing countries is unclear. Recent reports state that faith-based organizations play a substantial role in providing healthcare in developing countries, cited in some publications as up to 70% of all healthcare services. The data behind these numbers are sometimes difficult to pinpoint and seem at o...