Healthcare systems throughout the world are under pressure to widen access, improve
efficiency and quality of care, and reduce inequity. Achieving these conflicting goals requires …

This paper augments the technology acceptance model (TAM) by empirically investigating
the influence of behavioral traits (privacy concerns and trust) and cognitive beliefs …

Coordination–or the information exchange among physicians and hospital staff–is
necessary for desirable patient outcomes in healthcare delivery. However, coordination is …

Purpose Significant advances have been made in the field of healthcare service delivery
across the world; however, health coverage particular for the poor and disadvantaged still …

This study reviewed research papers on healthcare operations management from reputed
operations management and service management journals from 2000. The literature review …

This paper studies the impact of an electronic medical record (EMR) system on the
productivity of physicians. Physicians influence a vast majority of treatment decisions and …

Health information exchanges (HIEs) are expected to improve poor information coordination
in emergency departments (EDs); however, whether and when HIEs are associated with …

ABSTRACT Electronic Medical Records (EMR) studies have broadly tested EMR use and
outcomes, producing mixed and inconclusive results. This study carefully considers the …

Current healthcare reforms advocate significantly to improve the coordination of services
around a patient-centric model. With most patient care delivered through outpatient services …

This paper presents the design and analysis of a newly proposed form of care delivery
called an integrated practice unit (IPU) in which a multi-disciplinary team of providers and …