title: Info tech's next step. What's driving the race to market this new generation of clinical systems?
abstract: A new generation of clinical IT systems has hit the market all at once. Is this vigorous competition vendor driven, or has health care--and the technology needed to support it--fundamentally changed? And what does it all mean for hospitals struggling to decide where to spend the big bucks it takes to remain technologically viable?
authors.forename: Dagmara
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scalise
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce; D003199:Computer Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000639:trends; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D007449:Investments; D017751:Safety Management; D013672:Technology / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States