Straight talk about EIS and DSS.
The introduction of Executive Information Systems (EIS) to the health-care industry has brought confusion over the relationship between EIS and Decision Support Systems (DSS). This article describes how EIS is distinguished from DSS by its technical origins, the ways decision-makers use both systems, and the process of building and using EIS and DSS. As hospitals become more adept at using the features which EIS technology offers, the inherent differences between EIS and DSS will become even more apparent.
Decision Making, Organizational↗