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Information System Maturity Models in Healthcare

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The use of information systems in healthcare (HIS) has been recognised as having crucial importance in improving the efficiency, cost-effectiveness, quality, and safety of medical care delivery. HIS has the potential to improve individuals’ health and providers’ performance by producing better quality, cost savings, and greater patient involvement in their own health. There have been two major drivers for the HIS investments in healthcare: The ever-increasing burden from chronic disease with costs growing significantly faster and the recognition of the need for greatly improved quality and safety in health delivery. Maturity models (MM) are based on the premises that people, organizations, functional areas and processes evolve through a process of development or growth towards a more advanced maturity, going through a distinct number of levels. Through a state-of-the-art review of HIS, focused on their maturity state, we identify and characterize a set of critical factors recognized as determinants in the context of HIS maturity. The article identifies a broad spectrum of MM applied to the health sector and its characteristics and reinforces the belief that the maturity of HIS can contribute to the quality of information and knowledge management in the sector.

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Gomes, J., Romão, M. Information System Maturity Models in Healthcare. J Med Syst 42, 235 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-018-1097-0

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