?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.130603&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=A+road+map+for+health+information+management+in+Oman&rft.creator=Al+Kiyumi%2C+Raniya+Humaid+Matar&rft.subject=Health+Information+Management&rft.subject=Health+Information&rft.subject=Sultanate+of+Oman+(Oman)&rft.subject=Ministry+of+Health&rft.subject=Quality+of+Health+Information&rft.subject=Clinical+Coding&rft.subject=Exploratory+Sequential+Mixed+Methods&rft.subject=Health+Information+System&rft.description=This+study+focuses+on+the+current+practice+of+health+information+management+and+its+effectiveness+in+Oman.+It+investigates+the+factors+driving+the+direction+of+future+practice+and+their+impact+on+the+quality+of+health+information%2C+HIM+employees+and+the+Ministry+of+Health+as+a+whole.+It+applied+an+exploratory+sequential+mixed-methods+design+through+three+integrated+studies%3A+focus+groups%2C+interviews+and+survey.+The+consolidated+research+data+in+this+thesis+identified+a+widespread+misunderstanding+of+the+HIM+concept+and+confusion+in+regard+to+its+function+and+importance.+The+research+generated+a+framework+for+understanding+the+factors+and+their+relationships+to+each+other+and+to+improved+health+system+outcomes%2C+which+may+guide+the+future+development+of+HIM+practice+and+make+a+major+contribution+to+international+knowledge+within+the+discipline+of+health+information+management.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=2019&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F130603%2F9%2FRaniya%2520Humaid%2520Matar%2520Al%2520Kiyumi%2520Thesis.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.rights=http%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.org%2Flicenses%2Fby-nc-nd%2F4.0%2F&rft.relation=doi%3A10.5204%2Fthesis.eprints.130603&rft.relation=Al+Kiyumi%2C+Raniya+Humaid+Matar+(2019)+A+road+map+for+health+information+management+in+Oman.+PhD+thesis%2C+Queensland+University+of+Technology.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F130603%2F