The failed implementation of the electronic prescription in Germany: A case study

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Many countries worldwide are striving for improving the quality of care and for reducing costs in the health care sector by establishing large IT infrastructures. In Germany, the introduction of the electronic health card and the national telematics infrastructure is lagging years behind the original schedule. In this paper, we describe and analyze a case study of one selected part of this ultra-large intervention. The selected part is the failed implementation of the electronic prescription. The related activities started in 2003 and ended in 2010 when a decision was made to abandon this part of the intervention. We present a detailed analysis of the project and identify 14 reasons in five categories for the project’s failure. Furthermore, we provide a multi-layered overview of the episodes and sub-projects.
Translated title of the contributionDie gescheiterte Einführung der elektronischen Verordnung in Deutschland - Eine Fallstudie
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationECIS 2015 Completed Research Papers
Number of pages15
PublisherAIS eLibrary
Publication date2015
ISBN (electronic)978-3-00-050284-2
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Publication statusPublished - 2015
Event23rd European Conference on Information Systems - ECIS 2015 - Münster, Germany
Duration: 26.05.201529.05.2015
Conference number: 23
https://www.ercis.org/
http://www.ecis2015.eu/

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