Factors Affecting the Sustainability of Computer Information Systems: Embedding New Information Technology into a Hospital Environment
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This study explores the issues and barriers to developing a sustainable system for the collection of quality of life data in hospitals. A set of sustainability factors was identified and tested in a study that introduced tablet computers to collect questionnaires from cancer patients. These factors are considered a good starting point for practitioners and researchers to use in other IT contexts if they wish to develop sustainable information systems. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1755-1.ch004
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عنوان ژورنال:
- IJHISI
دوره 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010