Title :
Motivating strategic alliances for composite information systems: the case of a major regional hospital
Author :
Osborn, Charles S. ; Madnick, Stuart E. ; Wang, Y. Richard
Author_Institution :
Harvard Bus. Sch., Boston, MA, USA
Abstract :
Explores the nature of strategic goals underlying composite information systems (CISs) and ways to increase the likelihood of success. The authors study a regional hospital and its relationships with its physicians as part of an actual case study for providing physicians and staff with a convenient interface to disparate hospital departments. Three approaches to motivate strategic alliances are identified: bidirectional benefits, cooperative payoffs, and asymmetrical control. Examples are given on how these approaches were used in conjunction with the hospital´s CIS
Keywords :
management information systems; medical administrative data processing; asymmetrical control; bidirectional benefits; case study; composite information systems; cooperative payoffs; hospital departments; physicians; regional hospital; staff; strategic alliances; Application software; Bidirectional control; Computational Intelligence Society; Computer aided software engineering; Costs; Hospitals; Information systems; Management information systems; Technology management; Typesetting;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 1989. Vol.III: Decision Support and Knowledge Based Systems Track, Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kailua-Kona, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-1913-9
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1989.49180
