Title :
Aligning IT Assets to Maximize Healthcare Organizational Performance
Author :
Weist, Paul ; Sarnikar, Surendra ; El-Gayar, Omar
Abstract :
This study examines the impact of healthcare information technology assets on organizational efficiency. Using an econometric approach with data envelopment analysis, we examine the effect of IT asset clusters on organizational efficiency as measured relative to a peer group of healthcare organizations We observe that different IT asset clusters have varying effects on organizational efficiency based on the size of the organizations. The results of this study have implications for healthcare organizations in planning their investments across various IT asset clusters.
Keywords :
Hospitals; Information technology; Investment; Organizations; Productivity; DEA; Decision Support Systems; IT value; healthcare information technology; hospital performance;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences (HICSS), 2013 46th Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wailea, HI, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5933-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1530-1605
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.2013.76