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Implementation of information technology in health care has mostly been based on performance and investment, with little regard to efficiency, and to social, organizational, and other consequences. Diffusion of advanced technology has often been depending on trading power of users and industry. Due to third-party payment of most health services, the principal actors themselves lack convincing incentives for efficiency, and assessment hereof.
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Jorgensen, T. (1990). Criteria for Evaluation of Information Technology in Health Care. In: O’Moore, R., Bengtsson, S., Bryant, J.R., Bryden, J.S. (eds) Medical Informatics Europe ’90. Lecture Notes in Medical Informatics, vol 40. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-51659-7_132
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