Research Study Relating to Differences between Risks Associated with ERP Implementation and Risks Associated HIS Implementation

According to studies conducted: more than 90% of all Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementations are either out of time or out of budget; while projects introducing Information Technology [IT] in healthcare are estimated that up to 60 - 70% of all software projects fail. There is a significant difference between these figures. The goal of the study is to gain insight into the risks associated with implementing an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System and a Hospital Information System (HIS) to assist with identifying the differences between the risks of a branch specific ERP system and a generic ERP system. For the first part of the thesis, I have created three lists: ERP implementation risks, HIS implementation risks, and risks associated with both ERP and HIS implementations. For the empirical part of this thesis, I have asked HIS implementation expert for each risk on the list of risks identified only associated with implementing an ERP system if, in their expert opinion, that risk is relevant to HIS implementations. I interviewed 6 experts and 3 risks on the list of risks identified only associated with implementing an ERP system were identified as not relevant to HIS implementations