title: Great expectations: benefits realization from an integrated hospital information system.
abstract: Defining the expected benefits from an intended change, development and/or investment has been recognized for some time as being an integral part of a decision making process. A dictionary definition of Benefit is: "A favorable or helpful factor or circumstance, advantage, profit." A definition of Realization is: "Convert into actuality; acquire; convert into money; achieve."
authors.affiliation: Kidderminster Healthcare NHS Trust, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England.
authors.forename: V H
authors.initials: VH
authors.lastname: Francis-Flores
mesh_terms: D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006769:Hospitals, General / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D018511:Systems Integration; D006113:United Kingdom