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Towards an Encompassing Maturity Model for the Management of Hospital Information Systems

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Maturity models are tools that favour the management of organizations, including their information systems management task, and hospital organizations are no exception. In the present paper we put forth a preliminary investigation aimed at the development of an encompassing maturity model for the management of hospital information systems. The development of this model is justified to the extent that current maturity models in the field of hospital information systems management are still in an early development stage, and especially because they are poorly detailed, do not provide tools to determine the maturity stage nor structure the characteristics of maturity stages according to different influencing factors.

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    João Vidal de Carvalho

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  3. Universidade Atlântica, Barcarena, Portugal

    José Vasconcelos

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de Carvalho, J.V., Rocha, Á. & Vasconcelos, J. Towards an Encompassing Maturity Model for the Management of Hospital Information Systems. J Med Syst 39, 99 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-015-0288-1

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