Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Section 1. Introduction -- 1. Strategies for Healthcare Information Systems 1 -- Ton A.M. Spil & Robert A. Stegwee -- University of Twente, The Netherlands 2. Experiences in Strategic Information Systems -- Implementation in UK Healthcare 11 -- Stuart J. Barnes, University of Bath, UK 3. Streamlining Operations in Healthcare with ICT 31 -- Reima Suomi, Turku School of Economics and -- Business Administration, Finland Section 2. Standardization in Healthcare IS -- 4. Standardization Strategies in Practice- -- Examples from Healthcare 46 -- Nina Lundberg, Gothenburg University, Sweden , -- Ole Hanseth, University of Oslo, Norway 5. Healthcare Information and -- Communication Standards Framework 66 -- Peter J.B. Lagendijk & Robert A. Stegwee -- University of Twente, the Netherlands 6. The Electronic Patient Record as an Organizational Artifact 78 -- Pieter Toussaint, Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands -- Marc Berg, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands -- Section 3. Transformation In Healthcare Chains -- 7. The Introduction of EDI Systems in Healthcare -- Supply Chains: A Framework for Business Transformation 91 -- Stefan Klein, University of Muenster, Germany -- Heike Schad, CapGemini Ernst & Young 8. Telecommunications as a Medicine for General Practitioners 114 -- Peter J.B.Lagendijk, Roel W. Schuring and Ton A.M. Spil -- University of Twente, The Netherlands 9. Reengineering the Healthcare Supply Chain in Australia: -- The PeCC Initiative126 -- Elizabeth More & G. Mike McGrath -- Macquarie University, Australia -- Section 4. Network Organizations in Healthcare -- 10. Understanding Health Information Networks in Canada 143 -- Yolande E. Chan & David J. Ramsden -- Queen's University, Canada 11. Exploring ICT Enabled Networking in Hospital Organizations164 -- Ronald Spanjers, Ryan Peterson & Martin Smits -- Tilberg University, The Netherlands Willi Hasselbring -- University of Oldenburg, Germany Section 5. Knowledge Management Healthcare -- Information Systems -- 12. Distributed Knowledge Management -- in Healthcare Administration182 -- Michael Holm Larsen & Mogens Kuhn Pedersen -- Copenhagen Business School, Denmark 13. IS/IT: Enabling Medical Group Practices -- in a Managed Care Environment 198 -- Nilimini Wickramasinghe, University of Melbourne, Australia -- J.B. Silvers, Case Western Reserve University, USA About the Authors 214 Index 220.

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