IT-Enabled Clinical Decision Support: An Empirical Study on Antecedents and Mechanisms
Author
Source
Journal of Healthcare Engineering
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-12-13
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Modern hospitals increasingly make use of innovations and information technology (IT) to improve workflow and patient’s clinical journey.
Typical innovative solutions include patient records and clinical decision support systems to enhance the process of decision making by doctors and other healthcare practitioners.
However, currently, it remains unclear how hospitals could facilitate and enable such a decision support capability in clinical practice.
We ground our work on the resource-based view of the firm and put forth the notion of IT-enabled capabilities which emphasizes critical IT investment and capability development areas that hospitals could exploit in their quest to improve clinical decision support.
We develop a research model that explains how “health information exchange” and enhanced “information capability” collectively drive a hospital’s “clinical decision support capability.” We used partial least squares path modeling on large-scale cross-sectional data from 720 European hospitals.
Outcomes suggest that health information exchange positively impacts information capability.
In turn, information capability complementary partially mediates the relationship between information exchange and clinical decision support.
Hence, this research contributes to the literature on clinical decision support and provides valuable insights into how to support such innovative technologies and capabilities in clinical practice.
We conclude with a discussion and conclusion.
Also, we outline the inherent limitations of this study and outline directions for future research.
American Psychological Association (APA)
van de Wetering, Rogier. 2018. IT-Enabled Clinical Decision Support: An Empirical Study on Antecedents and Mechanisms. Journal of Healthcare Engineering،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1187563
Modern Language Association (MLA)
van de Wetering, Rogier. IT-Enabled Clinical Decision Support: An Empirical Study on Antecedents and Mechanisms. Journal of Healthcare Engineering No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1187563
American Medical Association (AMA)
van de Wetering, Rogier. IT-Enabled Clinical Decision Support: An Empirical Study on Antecedents and Mechanisms. Journal of Healthcare Engineering. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1187563
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1187563