TY - JFULL AU - Khamis Al-Gharbi and Said M. Gattoufi and Ali H. Al-Badi and Ali Al-Hashmi PY - 2014/9/ TI - A Case Study of Al-Shifa: A Healthcare Information System in Oman T2 - International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences SP - 2450 EP - 2456 VL - 8 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/9998985 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 92, 2014 N2 - The case study presents the progression of a project management of Al-Shifa, a healthcare information system in Oman. The case study describes the evolution of the implementation of a healthcare information system tailored to meet the needs of the healthcare units under the supervision of the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Oman. A focus group methodology was used for collecting the relevant information from the main project's stakeholders. In addition reports about the project made available for the researchers. The case analysis is made based on the Project Management approach developed by the Project Management Institute (PMI). The main finding that there was no formal project management approach adopted by the MOH for the development and implementation of the herewith mentioned healthcare information system project. Furthermore, the project had suffered a scope creep in terms of features, cost and time-schedule. The recommendations of the authors, for the rescue of the project from its current dilemma, consist of technological, administrative and human resources development actions. ER -