Graduation Semester and Year
2008
Language
English
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy in Information Systems
Department
Information Systems and Operations Management
First Advisor
Edmund Prater
Abstract
This study focuses on the role of information technologies in healthcare, and investigates the relationship of IT sophistication to patient safety, healthcare quality, and financial performance in Texas acute care hospitals. A value/supply chain perspective guides the development of a general model that integrates hospitals' IT sophistication with their patient and financial outcomes. From the model emerge hypotheses that are tested using the structural equation modeling approach, taking into account differences in outcomes across small, medium, and large hospitals. Our testing and comparisons give insight into the dynamics of health information technology and provide specific direction for practitioners and future research.
Disciplines
Business | Management Information Systems
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Bourgeois Roberts, Stacy Alicia, "The Impact Of Information Technology On Small, Medium, And Large Hospitals: Quality, Safety, And Financial Metrics" (2008). Information Systems & Operations Management Dissertations. 43.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/infosystemsopmanage_dissertations/43
Comments
Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington