HITech Act should be catalyst for Business/System Strategy
Many healthcare organizations have minimized their information technology “spend” over the past decade to simply cover the basics. Technology has not really been viewed by executives as a potential business revenue differientator. Now, with the movement towards quality measures, electronic medical records, transparency and business intelligence requirements a greater investment in technology is being considered by many. I would advise executive teams to seek out a proven process and subject matter expertise from both a business and technology perspective and devise a “roadmap”, ” strategy”, “architecture”, “gameplan” that considers all priorities and associated weights. Do not let projects commence individually within your organization - they need to “fit” into a longterm plan to reap maximum benefits.