title: The human-data interface: a comparison of the cognitive style of the IT department with that of the management.
abstract: Health care managers are in danger of information overload. It is necessary for the IT personnel, as collectors of information, to know how managers relate to information. This paper compares the cognitive style of Hospital managers with the cognitive style of their IT personnel. Large differences were found.
authors.affiliation: Groote Schuur Hospital, South Africa.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Isaacs
mesh_terms: D001292:Attitude to Computers; D003071:Cognition; D006270:Health Facility Administrators / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008331:Management Information Systems; D014584:User-Computer Interface