Table 2 The categories and subcategories extracted from data
Categories | Subcategories |
|---|---|
1. Improving the quality and efficiency of medical services and care | -Reducing clinical risks and error |
-Increasing staff safety | |
-Improving decision-making efficiency | |
-Maintaining continuity of care | |
-Improving workflow (work process) and planning care | |
2. Facilitating the communication management in the technological environment | -Improving inter-organizational communications |
-Improving and expanding the intra-organizational communications | |
3.Improving information documentation, management, and monitoring | -Benefitting from simultaneous documentation and care |
-Increasing data and documentation accessibility | |
-Increasing integrity of information | |
-Creating a precise and secure archive of documents and information | |
4. Improving resource management | -Reducing workload and paper work |
-Saving non-nursing staff | |
- optimizing and purposeful activities | |
-Saving time and costs | |
5.Improving management performance and policy making | -Reinforcing a dynamic and responsive structure |
-Improving accreditation and audit | |
-Facilitating the staff’ performance evaluation | |
6.Facilitating pathways of organizational and professional growth | -Creating aspiration to improve the informatics competencies |
-Enhancing virtual training and facilitating the training process | |
-Developing technology according to the needs of healthcare providers |