Clinicians and Accounting: A Systematic Review and Research Directions

This paper provides a review of the literature concerning clinicians’ approach to accounting information systems (AISs) in healthcare organizations. The paper examines highly rated accounting and management literature since 1980. Articles are categorized according to their research topics, settings, and methodologies, then findings are analyzed. Results show that clinicians’ resistance to accounting is the consequence of the inadequacy of AISs, which are designed according to reforms inspired by a managerial orientation. This suggests that future research should focus on AISs design, investigating patterns of implementation of AISs that can increase clinicians’ commitment to and use of accounting for decision making.

Keywords: accounting information system, clinician, controller, healthcare, systematic literature review

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Oppi, Chiara and Campanale, Cristina and Cinquini, Lino and Vagnoni, Emidia, Clinicians and Accounting: A Systematic Review and Research Directions (August 2019). Financial Accountability & Management, Vol. 35, Issue 3, pp. 290-312, 2019, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3601119 or http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/faam.12195