Authors:
Helvi Nyerwanire
1
;
Erja Mustonen-Ollila
1
;
Antti Valpas
2
and
Jukka Heikkonen
3
Affiliations:
1
Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland
;
2
South Karelia Social and Health Care District, Finland
;
3
University of Turku, Finland
Keyword(s):
Knowledge Management, Healthcare, Empirical Research, Case Study, Grounded Theory.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Artificial Intelligence
;
Communication, Collaboration and Information Sharing
;
Knowledge Management and Information Sharing
;
Knowledge-Based Systems
;
Learning Organization & Organizational Learning
;
Symbolic Systems
Abstract:
Knowledge management means how information communication technology systems and intellectual
human capital is applied to support knowledge creation, as well as in the capturing, organization, access,
and use of an organization’s intellectual capital. This paper investigates knowledge management problems
in paediatric and paediatric neurology departments. The Grounded Theory approach is applied in data
collection and analysis. The analysis revealed 8 thematic categories as follows: Patient, Physician, Patient
Data, Nurse, ICT Systems, Patient Treatment, Diagnosis, and Learning and Experience. The categories are
related to each other, and we found 13 higher levels of abstraction of statements. A conceptual framework
of knowledge management categories, their relationships to each other, and propositions to our categories
was developed by using the Grounded Theory approach. The relationships between the knowledge
management categories enhance confidence in the validity of the categories
and their relationships, and
expand the emerging theory.
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