Managing Technological Change: Organizational Aspects of Health Informatics

ISBN-13: 9780387985480 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 328 str.

Nancy M. Lorenzi; Robert T. Riley

Opis

The successful implementation of health information systems in complex health care organizations ultimately hinges upon the receptivity and preparedness of the user. Although the Information Age is well underway, user resistance to information systems is still a valid concern facing the informatics community. This book provides effective management strategies to health care administrators, for the productive integration and maintainance of such information systems. The Second Edition covers three main areas: technical skills, project management skills, and organizational and people skills, including the practical implementation strategies necessary to make the system an operational success. The text will be complemented by 40 illustrations and 20 tables, as well as providing more guides and "how to" information, which are of great use to the reader. Key topics include: setting the stage; strategic vision, direction, and project planning; critical issues in project planning and management; critical design issues; the implementation process; negotiating political minefields; the critical role of leaders and leadership; dealing with end stage people issues; evaluating project success; managing the altered organization; and organizational and personal preparation for the future. The audience for this book consists of those who require sophisticated health information systems, namely health care administrators, CEOs, clinicians, IT developers, librarians, and professors.

Spis treści

Section I Setting the Stage: Information Systems, Change, and Healthcare Organizations.- 1. Reviewing the Problem.- 2. Examining Today’s Healthcare Environment.- 3. Linking Informatics and Change Management.- Section II Establishing Strategic Issues.- 4. Determining the Strategic Direction.- 5. Understanding and Analyzing the Change Process.- 6. Understanding and Analyzing Organizational Structures.- Section III Preparing for Change.- 7. Change Management for Successful Implement.- 8. Analyzing the Organization’s Readiness for Change.- 9. Partnering for Success: A Team Approach.- 10. Critical Design (Redesign) Issues.- 11. Critical Issues in Project Planning and Management.- Section IV Implementing the Change.- 12. Integrating the Change Process: Organizational and Information Systems.- 13. Gaining Physician Acceptance.- 14. Examing the Critical Role of Leaders and Leadership.- 15. Negotiating the Political Minefields.- 16. Managing Personal Stress.- Section V Managing the Postimplementation Stage.- 17. End-Stage People Issues.- 18. Evaluating Project Success.- 19. Managing the Altered Organization.- 20. Future Visions: Organizational and Personal Preparation.

O autorze

Successful introduction of major new systems into complex medical organizations requires an effective blend of good technical and organizational skills. The technically best system may be woefully inadequate if its implementation is resisted by people who have low psychological ownership in that system. On the other hand, people with high ownership can make a technically mediocre system function fairly well. Managing Technological Change focuses on the successful strategies for implementation of information systems within medical organizations as well as on effective management strategies for the altered organization once the new systems are in place.