%0 Journal Article
%T Investigating the Strategies for Successful Development of Health Information Systems: A Comparison Study
%A Adel Ismail Al-Alawi
%J Information Technology Journal
%D 2006
%I Asian Network for Scientific Information
%X Today, in many developed organizations, Management Information Systems (MIS) assist managers to effectively delegate power to employees from different rankings and consequently aid in the process of decision-making. As a result, it is a fact that Health Information Systems (HIS) play a major role in changing the management practice of conducting the health care organizations by providing powerful tools for managers to carry out both their traditional and newer roles. The main reasons behind conducting this study are to analyze the current situation of health care and to carry out a comparison between the current level of MIS in the public health sector and its level before 13 years ago by re-testing the guidelines used in developing successful Management Information Systems (MIS) for public health sector. Furthermore, for the purpose of comparison the following key elements were used in both studies: The Determination of Corporate Needs; Management Commitment; User Attitudes and Expectations; User Involvement; Performance Measurement and Measurement Techniques. The study is divided into five sections. Section one presents the background, the problems and reviews the relevant literature and covers a historical and general review of MIS and MIS in health care. In addition to this, the section also reviews the measurement of success in MIS. Section two compares its own methodology with that of the previous study by taking into consideration the data collection mechanisms, questionnaire design, procedures, pilot study and distribution. This section also identifies the organizations and participants who were chosen to take part in the previous and the current study. Section three is based on the survey, analysis of the data and the findings of the previous and current study in relation to the key elements on which the guidelines are based. Section four concentrates on the application of the proposed guidelines in the Bahraini Health care environment. Section five concludes the results of the research and provides recommendations for further work.
%K Information systems
%K management commitment
%K measurement techniques
%K user attitudes and expectations
%K user involvement
%K strategy
%K performance measurement
%K Nolan stages theory
%K HIS
%K health
%K Bahrain
%U http://docsdrive.com/pdfs/ansinet/itj/2006/626-647.pdf