Table 2 Final sample of interviewees

Stakeholders

#

Stakeholder

#

Healthcare Management Organization

8

  • Evaluation and Planning (2)

  • Legal Department (2)

  • Director of Health Services

  • Director of Nurses

  • Family Doctors (2)

MOH

3

MOH

2

  • Director of the Division of Medical Informatics

• Chief Information Officer (SPMS-Director of Shared Services form Ministry of Health)

  • Director of Public Health

  • Chief Executive Officer

• Chairman of the Entidade Reguladora da Saúde

Other healthcare management organizations

2

  • Chief Information Officer

  • Director of Evaluation, Planning and Research

Patient’ Organizations

1

Patient’ Organizations

3

  • Organization for the Patient’s Right

• CEO-Respira-Association for people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (2)

• CEO-Portuguese Diabetes Association

Hospitals

1

  • Chief Information Officer

Private companies

1

Private companies

1

  • Chief Executive Officer of a vendor

• Health Director of a vendor

Academy

1

Academy

1