IMPLEMENTATION OF HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Healthcare organizations now consider increased efficiency, reduced costs, improved patient care and quality of services, and safety when they are planning to implement new information and communication technology (ICT) based applications. However, in spite of enormous investment in health information systems (HIS), no convincing evidence of the overall benefits of HISs yet exists.

The publishing of studies that capture the effects of the implementation and use of ICT-based applications in healthcare may contribute to the emergence of an evidence based health informatics which can be used as a platform for decisions made by policy makers, executives, and clinicians.