title: Making IT compute. New initiatives may give guidance to hospitals hoping to reconcile IT projects with their bottom lines.
abstract: Several groups are intensifying efforts to get out the facts to hospitals to help them determine the benefits of costly healthcare information technology and judge vendors' pitches. Three initiatives are settling into a lineup of guidance on planning for healthcare computerization. These efforts seek to break a pattern of hospital inaction and factually thin conclusions. John Glaser (left) of Partners HealthCare System says the expense of such IT projects is justified.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Morrissey
mesh_terms: D002201:Capital Expenditures; D003284:Contract Services; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D019981:Health Care Sector; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D007255:Information Services / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D014481:United States