Case study and grounded theory: a happy marriage? An exemplary application from healthcare informatics adoption research

Q4 Medicine

International Journal of Electronic Healthcare Pub Date : 2017-08-16 DOI:10.1504/IJEH.2017.10006684

Ahmad Samed Al Adwan

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Abstract

As qualitative methods become increasingly popular in the research of information systems (IS), the analysis of resultant data becomes problematic. The primary aim of this paper is to contribute to the literature of qualitative research methodology in the area of information technology adoption. This study aims to outline a potentially powerful combination of grounded theory (GT) and case study research to produce relevant and rigorous theories that facilitate the understanding of emerging socio-technical IS phenomena. The study describes the compatibility of GT theoretical sampling and coding mechanisms as data analysis in conjunction with an interpretive case study strategy. A secondary objective of this study is to provide a real-life research project that shows the applicability of such a combination. The proposed methodology has been applied in the field of electronic health records (EHR) adoption. This study revealed that the application of the suggested methodology resulted in concepts and factors of EHR adoption that are not proposed by generalised theory.

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案例研究与实证理论:幸福的婚姻?医疗保健信息学采用研究的典型应用

随着定性方法在信息系统(IS)研究中越来越流行，对结果数据的分析变得有问题。本文的主要目的是为信息技术采用领域的定性研究方法的文献做出贡献。本研究旨在概述接地理论(GT)和案例研究的潜在强大组合，以产生相关和严谨的理论，促进对新兴社会技术信息系统现象的理解。该研究将GT理论抽样和编码机制的兼容性描述为与解释性案例研究策略相结合的数据分析。本研究的第二个目标是提供一个现实生活中的研究项目，以显示这种组合的适用性。所提出的方法已在电子健康记录(EHR)采用领域得到应用。这项研究表明，建议的方法的应用导致的概念和因素的电子病历采用，不是由广义理论提出。

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International Journal of Electronic Healthcare Medicine-Health Policy

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期刊介绍： The IJEH is an authoritative, fully-refereed international journal which presents current practice and research in the area of e-healthcare. It is dedicated to design, development, management, implementation, technology, and application issues in e-healthcare.