Strategic management of health care information systems: nurse managers' perceptions.
Stud Health Technol Inform
; 146: 86-90, 2009.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19592814
ABSTRACT
The aim of this study is to describe nurse managers' perceptions of the strategic management of information systems in health care. Lack of strategic thinking is a typical feature in health care and this may also concern information systems. The data for this study was collected by eight focus group interviews including altogether 48 nurse managers from primary and specialised health care. Five main categories described the strategic management of information systems in health care; IT as an emphasis of strategy; lack of strategic management of information systems; the importance of management; problems in privacy protection; and costs of IT. Although IT was emphasised in the strategies of many health care organisations, a typical feature was a lack of strategic management of information systems. This was seen both as an underutilisation of IT opportunities in health care organisations and as increased workload from nurse managers' perspective. Furthermore, the nurse managers reported that implementation of IT strengthened their managerial roles but also required stronger management. In conclusion, strategic management of information systems needs to be strengthened in health care and nurse managers should be more involved in this process.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Hospital Information Systems
/
Nurse Administrators
Type of study:
Qualitative_research
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Stud Health Technol Inform
Journal subject:
INFORMATICA MEDICA
/
PESQUISA EM SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Year:
2009
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Finland