The purpose of the study was to examine how AIS is observed by its users within an academic medical center where financial transactions are critical in managing patient care and research operations. A cross-sectional qualitative design applied using interviews, convenience sampling method used select participants, a thematic analysis conducted identify patterns responses given. Based on results...

Typical arguments for the use of agent technology in business information systems rely on the heterogeneity of the information landscape, the physical distribution of its components, and the overall complexity of such systems. In the domain of IT support for Knowledge Management, these claims for agent systems typically also hold, but additionally are complemented by characteristics from KM inf...

While most existing models or theories in IS focus on the cognitive and behavioral aspects of human decision-making processes and individual level reactions to using technologies in organizations and other contexts, the influence of affect or emotion is traditionally neglected. The affective aspect, however, is considered crucial and has gained attention in psychology, marketing, organizational...

introduction: one of the types of hospital management information systems is decision support information system (dsis). this system uses decision-making models and databases for preparing specific information to support their semi-structured or unstructured decisions. the present study aimed to design a decision dsis model for board of trustees of ayatollah kashani hospital, shahrekord, iran. ...

background: accurate and timely information and communication are vital to adequately prepare individual health organizations for emergency events. the current article investigated health-related communication and information systems for emergency management in iran. methods: the present study was conducted in 2009 with a mixed qualitative and quantitative approach. simple random purposeful sam...

Decisions in today's competitive and turbulent environments without access to information can confuse managers. The information system, which is planning, design and deployment as efficient and effective way, can help to improve the organization and create competitive advantage. One of the success factors and effectiveness of information systems in organizations is the organizational factors. I...

introduction: since users have a critical role in the success of a hospital information system, and also considering software companies as information system service providers-not only product sellers, this study was conducted to evaluate the hospital information system (his) software based on user requirements in iran. methods: through a descriptive study, 5 vendors, which had the best selling...