Theories to Inform Superior Health Informatics Research and Practice

This unifying volume offers a clear theoretical framework for the research shaping the emerging direction of informatics in health care. Contributors ground the reader in the basics of informatics methodology and design, including creating salient research questions, and explore the human dimensions...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Wickramasinghe, Nilmini (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Schaffer, Jonathan L. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Healthcare Delivery in the Information Age,
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Foreword (written by an internationally renowned academic): TBA
  • Section I - Theories From IS
  • Chapter 1: Rogers's Theory of Adoption and Diffusion of Innovations
  • Chapter 2: Assimilation of Technology
  • Chapter 3: Task Technology Fit
  • Section II - Theories From Sociology
  • Chapter 4: Structuration
  • Chapter 5: Actor Network Theory
  • Chapter 6: Activity Theory
  • SECTION III - Theories From Economics and Management
  • Chapter 7: Principle Agency Theory
  • Chapter 8: Systems Thinking
  • Chapter 9: Lean and Six Sigma
  • Section IV - Theories of Behaviour: Individuals and Groups
  • Chapter 10: Knowledge Management
  • Chapter 11: Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Effectiveness
  • Chapter 12: Basic Assumptions and Unconscious Processes in Groups
  • Section V - Theories From Strategy
  • Chapter 13: Resource-Based View Versus Firm-Based View
  • Chapter 14: Business Value of Technology
  • Chapter 15: Boyd's OODA Loop
  • Section VI - Mixed Method Research
  • Chapter 16: Qualitative Versus Quantitative Research
  • Chapter 17: The Case Study Approach
  • Chapter 18: Grounded Theory
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix: Case Vignettes.