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Nouranian M, Saghaeiannejad Isfahani S. Factors Affecting Information Sharing and Information Quality in Pharmaceutical and Medical Consumable Supply Chain Management in Iran. JMIS 2024; 10 (1) :98-109
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Department of Health Information Technology, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
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Objective Medical consumable supply chain is one of the main supply chains in the health care domain. Accordingly, the present study aims to investigate the factors affecting information sharing and information quality in pharmaceutical and medical consumable supply chain management (SCM) in Iran.
Methods This is analytical survey study. Participants were 78 people involved in pharmaceutical and medical consumable supply SCM from the teaching hospitals affiliated to Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Iran, in 2017. The data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire whose face and content validity were confirmed by some professors from the Department of Health Information Technology of IUMS and the reliability was confirmed using Cronbach’s α coefficient (α=0.93). Finally, data were analyzed using factor analysis in SmartPLS software, version 23.
Results Environmental uncertainty and inter-organizational facilitators had no significant impact on information sharing and information quality, while the factor of interdepartmental relationships was found to be effective. Among the components of environmental uncertainty, the supplier uncertainty with a weight of 0.905 had the highest impact. Among the components of inter-organizational facilitators, the top management support with a weight of 0.997 had the highest impact. Among the interdepartmental relationships, the commitment of supply chain partners with a weight of 0.865 had the highest impact.
Conclusion For an effective pharmaceutical and medical consumable SCM, there is need to establish proper relationships between different supply chain partners. Honesty, commitment, and common vision between the supply chain partners can improve the information sharing and information quality in pharmaceutical and medical consumable SCM.
Methods This is analytical survey study. Participants were 78 people involved in pharmaceutical and medical consumable supply SCM from the teaching hospitals affiliated to Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Iran, in 2017. The data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire whose face and content validity were confirmed by some professors from the Department of Health Information Technology of IUMS and the reliability was confirmed using Cronbach’s α coefficient (α=0.93). Finally, data were analyzed using factor analysis in SmartPLS software, version 23.
Results Environmental uncertainty and inter-organizational facilitators had no significant impact on information sharing and information quality, while the factor of interdepartmental relationships was found to be effective. Among the components of environmental uncertainty, the supplier uncertainty with a weight of 0.905 had the highest impact. Among the components of inter-organizational facilitators, the top management support with a weight of 0.997 had the highest impact. Among the interdepartmental relationships, the commitment of supply chain partners with a weight of 0.865 had the highest impact.
Conclusion For an effective pharmaceutical and medical consumable SCM, there is need to establish proper relationships between different supply chain partners. Honesty, commitment, and common vision between the supply chain partners can improve the information sharing and information quality in pharmaceutical and medical consumable SCM.
Keywords: Pharmaceutical supply chain, Medical consumable supply chain, Supply chain management, Information sharing, Information quality
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Received: 2023/11/14 | Accepted: 2023/12/26 | Published: 2024/04/1
Received: 2023/11/14 | Accepted: 2023/12/26 | Published: 2024/04/1
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