EHR data are desirable for secondary use in health research but are known to have inconsistencies. The context of their origination, or provenance, may affect the comparability of EHR data for secondary usage. We investigated suspected differences in demographic and comorbidity data and availability of information among four health care settings: ambulatory office visits, hospital inpatients, e...

This research examines the effects of business process management (BPM) and information systems implementations in secondary service processes. Using a case study of BPM and human resources information systems (HRIS) in the recruiting context at a financial service provider it can be shown that BPM, defined as a structured systematic approach to analyze and continually improve a specific proces...

Palliative care services provide secondary and tertiary levels of palliative care, the interdisciplinary care of patients in which the goal is comfort and quality of life. Primary palliative care refers to the basic skills and competencies required of all physicians and other health care professionals. Secondary palliative care refers to the specialist clinicians and organizations that provide ...

In spite of much research on corporate social responsibility (CSR) responses to secondary stakeholders (i.e., social movements, activists, media, civil society and non-governmental organizations), the debate on how companies learn from pressure and collaboration with these societal groups is still open. Building upon stakeholder and knowledge management theories, this paper analyzes how seconda...

Key Data Findings. (1) From March 2012 to March 2013, rural enrollment in Medicare Advantage (MA) and other prepaid plans increased by over 200,000 enrollees, to more than 1.9 million. (2) Preferred provider organization (PPO) plan enrollment increased to nearly one million enrollees, accounting for more than 51% of the rural MA market (up from 48% in March 2012). (3) Health maintenance organiz...

different approaches are presented regarding how to react to the changing world. all these approaches are me meaningful if cover the alignment principle in the organization as a fundamental and more important principle. surveys and research on the successful organizations are indicative of considering alignment as a determinant axis in the organization. this article is the result of a research ...

agility has an undeniable effect on organization success inthe present changing markets, and information technology (it) is a majorfacilitating factor in business activities of organizations nowadays,as about more than a half of present organizations capitals is based onit. therefore, assessment of the it application level and organizationalagility, and study of the effect of application of it ...

Required) All organizations abide by a dominant logic, which is the underlying motivation and strategies supporting business decisions. When there is a shift in dominant logic, which is a relatively rare event usually triggered by a change in the environmental landscape, new information systems to support these strategies must be created. We build on Watson et al. (2012)’s work by reporting on ...

Entering into the third millennium and current information age, organizations andpeople are increasingly using technologies and networks. In recent decades,technological progresses have rapidly dominated the world. In this vein, theemergence of the Internet in different aspects of life is considered to be the greatestdevelopment of the 21st century. The Internet, along with technologicaladvance...