title: Purpose and structure of strategic plans for information management in hospitals.
abstract: Information management in hospitals requires a strategic plan that gives directives for the construction and development of a hospital information system. The paper describes the purpose and a suggested structure for those strategic plans. This structure is a central component for a guideline that may be used for creating and updating strategic plans.
authors.affiliation: University of Leipzig, Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Winter
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brigl
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buchauer
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dujat
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gräber
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hasselbring
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haux
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Heinrich
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Janssen
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kock
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Winter
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D010934:Planning Techniques; D012985:Software Design