title: Transforming information: data management support of health care reorganization.
abstract: Health care delivery systems and organizations around the world are undergoing reorganization and reengineering. Rational decision making about such activities must be based on information. Much of the presently available data is inadequate for this task, and therefore needs to be transformed. One such experience in the province of Alberta, Canada, is discussed. The development of a comprehensive information strategy, the need to apply information management principles, the organizational implications of information management, and a conceptual model for achieving added value from health data are described.
authors.affiliation: Information Management Consulting Branch, Alberta Health, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Hannah
mesh_terms: D000416:Alberta; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003625:Data Collection; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D003660:Decision Support Systems, Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D009626:Terminology as Topic