title: Outsourcing. Health care organizations are considering strategic goals in making outsourcing decisions.
abstract: More health care organizations are outsourcing the management of some or all of their information systems. Executives at many organizations that have tried outsourcing say it enables them to focus on core competencies, better allocate resources, get more information technology at less cost, share risks of implementing information technology with outsourcers and guarantee access to skilled labor. But the information technology outsourcing market remains relatively small in health care because many CIOs still are wary of turning over control of important functions to outsiders.
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Chin
mesh_terms: D016494:Computer Security; D003253:Consultants; D003284:Contract Services / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D017008:Negotiating; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011786:Quality Control; D014481:United States