Description
A few studies have mentioned that adoption and implementation of HIE are different phenomena but the rest has used adoption and implementation interchangeably. This study is aimed at reviewing the theories on adoption and implementation steps and explaining the differences between these two processes. A literature review was conducted on both adoption and implementation of HIE. The related articles which were mainly available in Web of Sciences electronic databases reviewed and some additional articles accessed through Google Scholar. Overall, twenty seven publications met the inclusion criteria. Based on the results, the study proposes a decision tree which includes all the possible stages to explain HIE adoption and implementation process. The decision tree analyzes the differences between adoption and implementation and clarifies factors affecting each process separately. Finally, the result shows five different types of decisions that can be made by health care institutes regarding adoption and implementation process of HIE.
Recommended Citation
Esmaeil Zadeh, Pouyan, "Adoption and implementation of Health Information Exchange (HIE): An Interpretative Review" (2015). AMCIS 2015 Proceedings. 33.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2015/AdoptionofIT/GeneralPresentations/33
Adoption and implementation of Health Information Exchange (HIE): An Interpretative Review
A few studies have mentioned that adoption and implementation of HIE are different phenomena but the rest has used adoption and implementation interchangeably. This study is aimed at reviewing the theories on adoption and implementation steps and explaining the differences between these two processes. A literature review was conducted on both adoption and implementation of HIE. The related articles which were mainly available in Web of Sciences electronic databases reviewed and some additional articles accessed through Google Scholar. Overall, twenty seven publications met the inclusion criteria. Based on the results, the study proposes a decision tree which includes all the possible stages to explain HIE adoption and implementation process. The decision tree analyzes the differences between adoption and implementation and clarifies factors affecting each process separately. Finally, the result shows five different types of decisions that can be made by health care institutes regarding adoption and implementation process of HIE.