title: Managing the hospital's portfolio of information systems.
abstract: Information systems are becoming of such strategic importance that planning for them must not be left to weak selection processes that executives are tempted to avoid diplomatically because of the difficulty and the internal friction that determined management might cause. Presented here is a methodology for planning the evolution of information systems.
mesh_terms: D002201:Capital Expenditures; D006752:Hospital Planning; D008331:Management Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D014481:United States