• DocumentCode
    1754310
  • Title

    HealthChange: A change management model for an eHealth solution in developing countries

  • Author

    Wijethilake, Dulindra ; Vatsalan, Dinusha ; Seneviratne, Gihan ; Chapman, Keith ; Thilakaratne, Kenneth ; Sudhahar, Saatviga ; Arunathilake, Shiromi ; Wickramasinghe, Yvonne

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Comput., Univ. of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    19-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    8
  • Abstract
    As, Scott R.E. describes in his article `A Business Case Approach to eHealth Sustainability´, despite best efforts, many eHealth initiatives still fail to become sustainable in the long run, even in the developed countries. Reason behind these failures is the lack of consideration taken in to human factor in these projects. An eHealth project should address the issues such as, lack of eHealth readiness, poor change management, etc. This project discusses the factors to be considered when implementing an eHealth application. Furthermore, the paper describes the process “HealthChange”: a change management process and the tasks carried out to make the project more successful.
  • Keywords
    health care; management of change; medical administrative data processing; project management; sustainable development; HealthChange; change management process; developing countries; e-health project; e-health sustainability; human factor; Hospitals; Human factors; Law; Organizations; Telemedicine; Change Management; Developing Countries; ICT4D; Model;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IST-Africa, 2010
  • Conference_Location
    Durban
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-905824-15-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5753052