MANAGING THE KNOWLEDGE INTERDEPENDENCE WITH ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD:AN EMPIRICAL APPROCH

The aim of the paper is the approach of Information Systems as mechanisms able to manage the existing and widespread knowledge in health care organizations; the information system in fact is a platform based on web applications, which supports the processes of communication and knowledge sharing. Specifically, the paper focuses on Electronical Medical Record, as a knowledge tool potentially adaptable for managing the integration and operational information among health operators, through the coordination of the existing functional interdependencies. The theoretical analysis is based on different contributions on the analysis of the interdependencies and the relationship between organization and technology. The empirical analysis wants to map the different types of interdependence existing in the medical wards of testing and, therefore, verify the potentiality of coordination present in the specific use of medical records (paper and\or electronic) in managing such interdependences in specific health care organizations in the Calabria Region.