Assessing the implementation process.
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- p. 908-12
Abstract
A Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) has many benefits and could improve health care outcomes. Reaping these benefits, however, is dependent on successful implementation of a provider order entry system. The literature supports substantial evidence that even systems that are usable, effective and reliable have not been adopted by the intended users. A successful implementation may be substantially a function of the degree to which the processes of care have changed to adapt to the new system. To ensure successful implementation we suggest monitoring the implementation process itself. The purpose of this paper is to report the methodology we developed for assessing how successfully a provider order entry system is being implemented. We adopt a model of diffusion of information technology developed by Fichman (1994) and expanded by Ash (1997). In this model, diffusion is characterized be three categories, "breadth" (infusion) and "depth" (diffusion) and "quality" (appropriateness of use). In this paper we discuss the typology of diffusion and describe specific measures designed to measure infusion and diffusion of a hospital information system.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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