The failed implementation of the electronic prescription in Germany: A case study
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T1 - The failed implementation of the electronic prescription in Germany
T2 - 23rd European Conference on Information Systems - ECIS 2015
AU - Drews, Paul
AU - Schirmer, Ingrid
N1 - Conference code: 23
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Business informatics
UR - http://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2015_cr/39/
U2 - 10.18151/7217305
DO - 10.18151/7217305
M3 - Article in conference proceedings
BT - ECIS 2015 Completed Research Papers
PB - AIS eLibrary
Y2 - 26 May 2015 through 29 May 2015
ER -