title: Early development of an enterprise health data warehouse.
abstract: The purpose of this study is to describe early development challenges of an enterprise data warehouse within a Saudi Arabian academic healthcare facility. An action case research method was selected for this paper. The study took place between December 2009 and February 2010. Data collection included interviews, meeting observations, and meeting minutes. Early development challenges centered on the development of clear contracts with vendors; development of a clear project plan; a need to fast-track bureaucracy; and educate clinicians and staff about the project; and lack of data standardization.
authors.affiliation: College of Public Health and Health Informatics, King Saud Bin Abdul Aziz University for Health Science, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Househmo@ngha.med.sa
authors.forename: Mowafa Said
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Househ
authors.forename: Majid
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Al-Tuwaijri
mesh_terms: D003628:Database Management Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006268:Health Facilities; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D016730:Program Development; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D018511:Systems Integration