Conceição Granja
Norwegian Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Norway
Kari Dyb
Norwegian Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Norway
Stein Roald Bolle
Norwegian Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Norway
Gunnar Hartvigsen
Norwegian Centre for Integrated Care and Telemedicine, University Hospital of North Norway, Norway / Department of Computer Science, The Artic University of Norway, Norway
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Published in: SHI 2015, Proceedings from The 13th Scandinavien Conference on Health Informatics, June 15-17, 2015, Tromsø, Norway
Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 115:13, p. 85-88
Published: 2015-06-26
ISBN: 978-91-7685-985-8
ISSN: 1650-3686 (print), 1650-3740 (online)
Health information technology is often presented as a solution to increase the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of health care providers. However, health IT is still far from meeting the stakeholders’ expectations. The aim of this paper is to discuss the role of research, in particular of research institutions, in the field of health IT. The differences in the roles of health IT research institutions and health IT companies is discussed according to a framework on the determinants of successful health IT implementations. It is argued that it is necessary to understand that health IT research institutions and health IT companies are two different players with different focus. As health IT companies have their focus on the product, the production of new knowledge should be the main focus of health IT research. In this sense, the two should not be evaluated in the same manner.
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