How a flexible collaboration infrastructure impacts healthcare information exchange

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Abstract

Exchanging health information and data is considered to be
critical for modern hospital operations. Research shows that exchanging, e.g., laboratory results, clinical summaries, and medication lists, across the boundaries of hospitals, will improve the efficiency, quality, costeffectiveness, and even safety of healthcare practices. However, views and strategies differ on how hospitals can facilitate or enable this exchange
process, given the high dynamics of technology and IT developments. We explore a hypothesized relationship between a flexible collaboration infrastructure and health information and data exchange. This study builds on the resource-based view of the firm and subsequently tests two hypotheses using PLS-SEM analysis on a sample of 983 European hospitals. We find that there is a significant positive relationship between flexible collaboration infrastructures and health information and data
exchange. Hospitals’ security measures to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the data conditions this relationship.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication31 ST Bled eConference Digital Transformation: Meeting the Challenges
Subtitle of host publicationJune 17 – 20, 2018, Bled, Slovenia, Conference Proceedings
EditorsAndreja Pucihar, Mirjana Kljajić Borštnar, Pascal Ravesteijn, Juergen Seitz, Roger Bons
Place of PublicationMaribor
PublisherUniversity of Maribor Press
Pages441-454
Number of pages14
Edition1
ISBN (Electronic)9789612861704
ISBN (Print)9789612861704
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 Jun 2018
Event31st Bled eConference & Digital Transformation: Meeting the Challenges - Hotel Rikli Balance (ex Hotel Golf), Bled, Slovenia
Duration: 17 Jun 201820 Jun 2018
Conference number: 31
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Conference

Conference31st Bled eConference & Digital Transformation
Country/TerritorySlovenia
CityBled
Period17/06/1820/06/18
Internet address

Keywords

  • Data security
  • Electronic Medical record (EMR)
  • Flexible collaboration infrastructure
  • Health information and data exchange (HIDE)
  • IT flexibility
  • PLS-MGA

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