The case of organizational innovation capability and health information technology implementation success: As you sow, so you reap?

Rangarajan Parthasarathy, Monica Garfield, Anuradha Rangarajan, Justin L. Kern

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Abstract

Organizational innovation capability is defined as the ability to continuously transform knowledge and ideas into new products, processes, and systems for the benefit of an organization and its stakeholders. This study examines the relationship between the innovation capability of healthcare organizations and their ability to successfully implement electronic medical records (EMR), a health information technology (HIT) innovation. Data was collected using a cross-sectional survey, and structural equation modeling (SEM) method was used to analyze the data. Results demonstrate that organizational product innovation capability positively affects EMR implementation success. A positive relationship also exists between organizational process innovation capability and EMR implementation success. This study is one of the first to empirically validate the relationship between healthcare organization’s innovation capability and HIT innovation implementation success, in the context of EMRs. Implications of the study for the academic and industry practitioner are discussed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
JournalInternational Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics
Volume16
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 2021

Keywords

  • Electronic Medical Records (EMR)
  • Health Information Technology Implementations
  • Organizational Innovation
  • Socio-Technical Systems Theory
  • Tri-Core Model for Information System Innovation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Medicine (miscellaneous)
  • Information Systems
  • Information Systems and Management

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