Occupational Health Information Systems, Do We Need Them? What Are The Critical Success Factors?

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bjorn Granhus ◽  
Steinar Heid
Author(s):  
David Parry ◽  
Emma Parry ◽  
Phurb Dorj ◽  
Peter Stone

The global burden of disease falls most heavily on people in developing countries. Few resources for healthcare, geographical and infrastructure issues, lack of trained staff, language and cultural diversity and political instability all affect the ability of health providers to support effective and efficient healthcare. Health information systems are a key aspect of improving healthcare, but existing systems are often expensive and unsuitable. Open source software appears to be a promising avenue for quickly and cheaply introducing health information systems that are appropriate for developing nations. This article describes some aspects of open source e-health software that are particularly relevant to developing nations, issues and problems that may arise and suggests some future areas for research and action. Suggestions for critical success factors are included. Much of the discussion will be related to a case study of a training and e-health project, currently running in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.


Author(s):  
David Parry ◽  
Emma Parry ◽  
Phurb Dorji ◽  
Peter Stone

The global burden of disease falls most heavily on people in developing countries. Few resources for healthcare, geographical and infrastructure issues, lack of trained staff, language and cultural diversity and political instability all affect the ability of health providers to support effective and efficient healthcare. Health information systems are a key aspect of improving healthcare, but existing systems are often expensive and unsuitable. Open source software appears to be a promising avenue for quickly and cheaply introducing health information systems that are appropriate for developing nations. This paper describes some aspects of open-source e-health software that are particularly relevant to developing nations, issues and problems that may arise and suggests some future areas for research and action. Suggestions for critical success factors are included. Much of the discussion will be related to a case study of a training and E-health project, currently running in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.


2015 ◽  
Vol 68 ◽  
pp. 16-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janne M. Denolf ◽  
Jacques H. Trienekens ◽  
P.M. (Nel) Wognum ◽  
Jack G.A.J. van der Vorst ◽  
S.W.F. (Onno) Omta

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tâmara Patrícia Filgueira de Melo Moura

The current economic climate is driving the work of companies in the execution of projects that need to be managed and monitored periodically. Historically term goals, cost and quality are thermometers to measure success or failure of companies. For better project management, systems are needed that give support from the structure to the budget of each project, as well as its monitoring throughout the execution. The result of the components mentioned above reflect the overall results of the institution. Therefore, this study investigated through case study methodology, critical success factors for information systems that support project management in Sebrae/RN, and sought, through the project managers, to raise factors that influence decisions in search of improving the performance of the organization studied. Thus, a quantitative and qualitative research was applied. The results showed the critical success factors that hinder optimal performance of information systems from the structuring to the execution and monitoring of projects.


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