Justifying health IT investments: A process model of framing practices and reputational value |
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Authors: | Stavros Polykarpou Michael Barrett Eivor Oborn Torsten Oliver Salge David Antons Rajiv Kohli |
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Institution: | 1. Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 2AG, United Kingdom;2. Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom;3. School of Business and Economics, TIME Research Area, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen 52072, Germany;4. Raymond A. Mason School of Business, William & Mary, VA 23187-8795, USA |
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Abstract: | Despite important research contributions on the financial and operational dimensions of information technology (IT) value, justifying health IT (HIT) investments remains a difficult and enduring issue for IT managers. Recent work has expanded our understanding of HIT value, by focusing on the initial resource allocation stage, and through conceptualizations of value across multiple dimensions. Building on these developments, we adopt a performative perspective to examine the research question of how practitioners justify early stage HIT investments, with a focus on reputational value. We explored this question through a comparative field study of two hospital organizations in the English National Health Service (NHS). We found that practitioners' temporally orientated framing practices matter in justifying HIT investments, enacting different possibilities for reputational value. We develop a process model to explain these dynamics and highlight the mutability of reputational value, which can lead to different possibilities for restoring, enhancing, or maintaining reputation. We conclude by discussing the implications for justifying HIT investments. |
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Keywords: | IT business value IT investments Health IT Health care Value Case study Reputation Framing practices Performativity |
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