Browsing by Author "Cataldo, Alejandro"

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    Comparing Strategic IT Alignment versus Process IT Alignment in SMEs
    (AUSTRALIAN COMPUTER SOC INC, 2012) Cataldo, Alejandro; McQueen, Robert J.; Hardings, Jens
    Recently researchers have begun to suggest that the study of IT alignment in SMEs should be based on organizational processes rather than on strategy. This research investigated both approaches in a comparative exploratory study of 38 SMEs in Chile and Colombia. Regression was used to compare both types of alignment against IT success.
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    Expanding ICU facilities in a pandemic scenario
    (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2020) Andresen, Max; Born, Pablo; Kattan, Eduardo; Vera, Magdalena; Cataldo, Alejandro; Ruiz, Carolina; Bravo, Sebastian
    Our country is suffering the effects of the ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Because the vulnerability of healthcare systems, especially the intensive care areas they can rapidly be overloaded. That challenge the ICUs simultaneously on multiple fronts making urgent to increase the number of beds, without lowering the standards of care. The purpose of this article is to discuss some aspects of the national situation and to provide recommendations on the organizational management of intensive care units such as isolation protocols, surge in ICU bed capacity, ensure adequate supplies, protect and train healthcare workers maintaining quality clinical management.
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    Exploring the IT usage in SMEs from New Zealand, Colombia and Chile using action-research methodology
    (2012) Sepúlveda Fernández, Marcos Ernesto; Cataldo, Alejandro; McQueen, Robert J.
    The theory on the adoption and use of information technology (IT) in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is abundant. However, methodologically speaking, action-research (AR) has been little explored as a method of construction of this theory, despite the use of this methodology could improve understanding of how SMEs use IT. Therefore, we researched the use of IT in SMEs using a methodology adapted from AR. The methodology was tested in companies from New Zealand, Colombia and Chile. The use of this methodology was well evaluated by the top management of SMEs; in fact, the recommendations coming from the analysis were well received by the management of participants. These results are auspicious regarding the use of AR in SMEs and could help encourage other researchers to use this methodology, which remains little used in information systems research.
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    The impact of a better coordination between emergency and intensive care units in the care of critically ill patients
    (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2016) Lara, Barbara A.; Cataldo, Alejandro; Castro, Ricardo; Aguilera, Pablo R.; Ruiz, Carolina; Andresen, Max
    The need for critical care services is increasing in Chile. Critical care beds and specialists in this area are scarce. In this article we discuss some aspects that hamper the care of critically ill patients from their arrival to the emergency department to their transfer to the ICU. Special emphasis is given to system saturation and its multiple causes. The benefits of an integrative approach between emergency medicine and critical care specialists are highlighted and some solutions are proposed to strengthen this partnership.