Operating room information systems adoption by portuguese clinical users

  • Authors:
  • M. F. Santos;L. Gomes

  • Affiliations:
  • Departamento de Sistemas de Informação, Universidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal;Departamento de Sistemas de Informação, Universidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

  • Venue:
  • WSEAS TRANSACTIONS on COMMUNICATIONS
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

This research aims to assess the impact of the adoption of Information Systems by clinical users in the Operating Room. This is an empirical and qualitative research, to find a complete and comprehensive understanding of the phenomenon under study. A sample of Portuguese Anesthesiologist have been invited from public and private hospitals. Through the application of the Delphi method, with surveys online it is expected an interactive and systematical approach to estimate the impact of the adoption of these systems, based on the experience of several independent clinical users (experts).