Evaluation of investment for enterprise application integration technology in healthcare organisations: a cost-benefit approach.
Recent developments in the field of Information Technology (IT), such as integration technologies have promised to bring improvements in the quality of services; however, costs of these technologies are relatively high. Consequently, investment justification for these technologies is one of the many challenges that are faced by managers in healthcare organisations. IT investments in healthcare organisations are usually justified using traditional investment-appraisal techniques such as Return on Investment (ROI) analysis, internal rate of return, net present value and payback approach. The techniques are specifically used to measure the financial impact of the investment; therefore, the techniques are limited to accommodate human and organisational benefits associated with the adoption of integration technologies. In exploring this phenomenon, the paper focuses on benefits and costs of Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) adoption in healthcare organisations. This may be useful for the managers in preparing investment budget proposals.
Institute of Information Technology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan. Khalil.Khoumbati@gmail.com
Khalil
K
Khoumbati
Syed Ghulam Sarwar
SG
Shah
Yogesh Kumar
YK
Dwivedi
Mahmood Hussain
MH
Shah
D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000191:economics; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006298:Health Services Administration / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D018511:Systems Integration