title: Organizational and technological insight as important factors for successful implementation of IT.
abstract: Politicians and hospital management in Sweden and Denmark focus on IT and especially Electronic Patient Record, EPR as a tool for changes that will lead to better economy as well as better quality and service to the patients. These changes are not direct effects of the new medium for patient records but indirect effects due to the possibilities embedded in the new technology. To ensure that the implementation is successful, i.e. leads to changes in organization structure and workflow, we need tools to prepare clinicians and management. The focus of this paper is the individual insight in technology and organization and it proposes a model to assess and categorize the possibilities of individuals and groups to participate in and make an implementation process powerful.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Development and Planning, Virtual Center for Health Informatics, Aalborg University.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Nikula
mesh_terms: D003197:Computer Literacy; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D013548:Sweden