Keeping pace with the healthcare transformation: a literature review and research agenda for a new decade of health information systems research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Accelerated by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, major and lasting changes are occuring in healthcare structures, impacting people's experiences and value creation in all aspects of their lives. Information systems (IS) research can support analysing and anticipating resulting effects.

Aim

The purpose of this study is to examine in what areas health information systems (HIS) researchers can assess changes in healthcare structures and, thus, be prepared to shape future developments.

Method

A hermeneutic framework is applied to conduct a literature review and to identify the contributions that IS research makes in analysing and advancing the healthcare industry.

Results

We draw an complexity theory by borrowing the concept of 'zooming-i

SUBMITTER: Ostern N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8285287 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature