The integration effort and E-health compatibility effect and the mediating role of E-health synergy on hospital performance

Providing a theoretical explanation for why IT-enabled resources drive hospital performance.Advancing our theoretical and practical understanding of E-health can be effectively integrated to the realization of E-health strategy.Developing the E-health synergy concept to enhance the relationship between IT-enabled resources and hospital performance. Interest in improving healthcare organization performance continues to remain strong and it has motivated research into the antecedents of healthcare performance. As these organizations invest in information technology and develop needed capabilities, there is a need to understand the effects of these factors on performance. Therefore, drawing on systems theory, we develop a theoretical model, consisting of three key variables: E-health compatibility, E-health synergy and the integration effort, to form the IT-enabled resources for investigating their effects on hospital performance. Data gathered from top management teams through a large-scale survey is used to test the hypotheses. The empirical results provide evidence that greater integration effort drives greater E-health synergy by enhancing E-health compatibility. In turn, these IT-enabled resources enhance healthcare organization performance. In addition, the integration effort can drive hospital performance through enhanced E-health compatibility and E-health synergy. Our findings highlight the important role of E-health compatibility and E-health synergy in mediating the integration effort effect on hospital performance. These findings are particularly valuable to those concerned with the assimilation of E-health and to administrators in healthcare organizations. Healthcare organizations can develop Ehealth compatibility and E-health synergy capabilities and devote integration efforts to integrate an IT asset and an organizational resource in accordance with their organizational context. This assists the healthcare organization in preparing for the necessary changes to ensure better hospital performance through the exploitation of e-health technology.

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