IT Decision Making in German Hospitals : Do CEOs Open the Black Box?
- Health IT and communication systems are indispensable in German hospitals for clinical as well as administrative process support. However, IT is often regarded as a “black box” for hospital CEOs. Thus, the question arises how can CEOs decide if they do not know what is in the box? In order to answer this question, half-structured interviews with 14 German hospital CEOs were conducted. They revealed three principle decision processes: the supported decision, the joint decision and the corporate level decision. In all cases, the hospital CEO and the CIO interacted to reach the final decision, most strongly in the joint decision mode and least strongly in the corporate decision mode. Only the joint decision mode definitely forced the CEO to open the “black box” of IT. In the era of digitalisation, however, CEOs must develop better competencies to decide over complex matters.
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| Author: | Johannes ThyeORCiD, Ursula Hertha HübnerORCiD, Jens HüsersORCiD |
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| Title (English): | IT Decision Making in German Hospitals : Do CEOs Open the Black Box? |
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:959-opus-20684 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-808-2-112 |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61499-807-5 |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61499-808-2 |
| Parent Title (English): | German Medical Data Sciences : Visions and Bridges |
| Publisher: | IOS Press |
| Place of publication: | Amsterdam |
| Document Type: | Conference Proceeding |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Completion: | 2017 |
| Release Date: | 2021/05/20 |
| First Page: | 112 |
| Last Page: | 116 |
| Note: | 62nd Annual Meeting of the German Association of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology (GMDS e.V.), 17.09. - 21.09.2017, Oldenburg |
| Faculties: | Fakultät WiSo |
| DDC classes: | 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 610 Medizin, Gesundheit |
| Review Status: | Veröffentlichte Fassung/Verlagsversion |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - CC BY-NC - Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell 4.0 International |