'Transforming Health Care Through Information': Case Studies draws upon the experience of the foremost Medical Informatics users throughout the world to present the complex challenges faced when implementing technological changes as well as specific, practical solutions employed to overcome them.This book illustrates - through the use of case studies - the complex challenges which health service organizations are facing in implementing technology changes. Case studies address topics such as: organizational vision and strategic directions; organizational structures; getting the organization ready for change; change management implementation strategies; leadership issues; effects of technology diffusion upon people; effects on change-makers; effects on interpersonal interactions between professions; effects on the delivery of services to customers; effects on organizational quality issues; economic impacts; and managing the re-engineered organization.