Planning for Hospital IT Implementation: A New Look at the Business Case
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Eric W. Ford, Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: Compared to organizations in other industries, hospitals are slow to adopt information technology
(IT). Those planning for system implementation must understand the barriers to IT adoption which, in healthcare, include
the relatively high acquisition and maintenance costs of sophisticated administrative and clinical information systems.
Understanding the overall business case is particularly important for hospital IT planners. This paper describes the literature
that examines benefits from using health IT. In addition, we focus on a series of studies conducted in Florida that provide
generalizable evidence regarding the overall business case associated with hospital adoption for information systems.
These studies focus broadly on the improved financial, operational, and clinical performance associated with IT.
Planning for Hospital IT Implementation: A New Look at the Business Case
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Biomedical Informatics Insights. Vol. 1, pp. 29-44.
- Language: English
- Date: 2008
- Keywords
- Hospitals, Information technology, Implementation, Health care