Organisational Factors Associated with Electronic Health Information Management Systems Success in two Nigerian Teaching Hospitals

Abstract: Background and Purpose: Electronic Health Information Management Systems (EHIMS) are seen as crucial in public health institutions today, as they enhance quality care delivery. Efforts at implementing this system in public health institutions of developing countries have usually been fraught with failure, thus preventing it from delivering its intended benefits. One reason adduced to be responsible for failure is that more attention is given towards technological factors at the expense of organisational factors. Hence, this paper examined the relationship between organisational factors and EHIMS success in Nigerian Teaching Hospitals. Methods: A correlational survey research design was adopted, while the study’s population comprised 212 health information management (HIM) personnel in two south-western public teaching hospitals in Nigeria. Total enumeration technique was used to cover the 212 personnel who served as respondents. A self-developed instrument titled “EHIMS Success Org.... https://jhia-online.org/index.php/jhia/article/view/4

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Organisational Factors Associated with Electronic Health Information Management Systems Success in two Nigerian Teaching Hospitals ; volume:1 ; number:1 ; day:29 ; month:09 ; year:2013 ; Journal of health informatics in Africa ; 1, Heft 1 (29.09.2013)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Ojo, Adebowale

Further information

• DOI: 10.12856/JHIA-2013-v1-i1-4
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021022209154418796473
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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