title: Managing the gap: balancing advances in technology with advances in management practice.
abstract: Expenditure on information systems is widely anticipated to lead to improved management of health care resources. Despite large investments in hardware and software, these expectations are difficult to realise. Part of the difficulty lies in the manner in which information systems are applied to, rather than integrated within, organisations. This paper considers some of the the personal and organisational issues that need to be addressed to 'manage the gap' in balancing advances in information technology with advances in management practice. The issues identified are consistent with the concept of a learning organisation dealing with environmental change.
authors.affiliation: Charles Sturt University.
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authors.lastname: Ritchie
mesh_terms: D019090:Case Management; D003660:Decision Support Systems, Management; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D006298:Health Services Administration; D007256:Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D007449:Investments; D009517:New South Wales; D010865:Pilot Projects; D018511:Systems Integration; D013672:Technology / Q000639:trends*; D017216:Telemedicine