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Maximizing the benefits of health care information systems

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Information systems can improve cost control, increase the timeliness and accuracy of patient care and administration information, increase service capacity, reduce personnel costs and inventory levels, and improve the quality of patient care. However, experience shows that most of these benefits will not occur automatically following system implementation. Operational problems may exist that diminish information timeliness, accessibility, and accuracy; policies and procedures may not have been sufficiently tailored to reflect the realities and intents of the systems; and personnel tasks may not have been adequately restructured. In order to realize the full potential of information systems, health care organizations must plan for and implement strategies that are designed to maximize such benefits. This paper describes a method for developing benefits maximization strategies. The processes used to define strategies and their outcomes are presented.

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  1. From Arthur D. Little, Inc., Acorn Park, 02140, Cambridge, Massachusetts

    John P. Glaser Ph.D., Erica L. Drazen M.S. & Lori A. Cohen B.A.

  2. Yale University School of Medicine, 06510, New Haven, Connecticut

    Lori A. Cohen B.A.

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Glaser, J.P., Drazen, E.L. & Cohen, L.A. Maximizing the benefits of health care information systems. J Med Syst 10, 51–56 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00992950

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