The Strategic Application of Information Technology in Health Care Organizations

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ISBN: 9780470639412 | 0470639415
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 3/8/2011

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Thoroughly revised and updated, this book offers a comprehensive resource for understanding information technology (IT) strategic planning and implementation within healthcare institutions. Filled with illustrations and case studies, the book is written for leaders and high-level managers in healthcare organizations. New to this edition are updated concepts and practices, more illustrative examples of strategy as well as updated industry data and technology examples. The book also contains news chapters on IT asset and IT-centric organizational attributes and value and offers learning objectives, key terms, and discussions questions in each chapter.

Tables, Figures, and Exhibits	p. vii
Preface	p. xi
The Authors	p. xv
An Overview of Strategy	p. 1
Definition of Strategy	p. 2
The Need for IT Strategy	p. 6
Areas of IT Strategy	p. 8
Strategy Considerations and Conclusions	p. 12
Characteristics of Strategic Thinking	p. 15
Linkage of IT Strategy to Organizational Strategy	p. 21
IT Planning Objectives	p. 22
Vectors for Arriving at IT Strategy	p. 23
A Normative Approach to Developing Alignment and IT Strategy	p. 30
Observations on IT Strategy Development	p. 40
The Information Technology Asset	p. 47
Asset Composition and Overview	p. 48
Application Systems	p. 50
Technical Architecture	p. 55
Data	p. 63
IT Staff	p. 70
The Chief Information Officer	p. 78
Observations on the IT Asset	p. 80
Information Technology-Centric Organizational Capabilities and Characteristics	p. 83
Managing Change	p. 84
Governance	p. 89
Studies of Factors Contributing to Effective IT Use	p. 97
Strategy Considerations and Conclusions	p. 109
Complementary Strategies	p. 110
The Realization of IT-Enabled Value	p. 114
Strategy Evolution	p. 120
Governing Concepts	p. 124
The Competitive Value of Information Technology	p. 128
High Performance Medicine	p. 137
HPM Team 1: Investment in Quality and Utilization Infrastructure	p. 139
HPM Team 2: The Patient Safety Initiative	p. 142
HPM Team 3: The Uniform High-Quality Initiative	p. 144
HPM Team 4: Disease Management Initiative	p. 145
HPM Team 5: The Trend Management Initiative	p. 148
HPM Governance and Change Management	p. 150
Personalized Medicine	p. 155
Partners HealthCare Personalized Medicine and IT	p. 156
Framing the Strategic Response	p. 158
The Workflow Process	p. 160
The End Users	p. 163
Implementing the IT Strategy	p. 166
Enterprise IT	p. 167
Clinical Environment IT	p. 170
Research IT	p. 171
Service-Oriented Architecture for Electronic Health Records	p. 177
Framing the Strategic Response	p. 180
The Potential Value of SOA	p. 181
The Challenges of SOA	p. 183
Approaching the SOA Strategy	p. 184
The SOA Strategy	p. 185
Health Care Reform	p. 193
New Modeles of Care	p. 194
Payment Reform	p. 197
National and State Health Information Technology Initiatives	p. 198
The Effect of Health Care Reform on IT Strategy	p. 201
The Effect of Health Care Reform on the IT Asset	p. 203
The Effect of Health Care on Governance	p. 210
Population Health	p. 213
Goals of Population Health	p. 215
Population Health and Health Care Providers	p. 216
The Effect of Population Health Interests on IT Strategy	p. 217
Disease Monitoring and Surveillance	p. 221
Chronic Disease	p. 223
Immunization Registries	p. 223
Synthesis of Information Technology Strategy	p. 227
IT Asset	p. 228
IT-Centric Organizational Characteristics and Capabilities	p. 231
Governing Concepts	p. 233
Complementary Strategies	p. 235
Strategy Evolution	p. 237
The Realization of IT-Enabled Value	p. 238
IT as Way to Enhance Competitive Position	p. 240
Notes	p. 245
Glossary	p. 247
References	p. 251
Index	p. 259
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