title: Outsourcing information technology. An executive's guide to creating and managing IT contracts.
abstract: Many hospitals outsource one or more key areas of their IT operations, but not all are happy with the outcomes. In this special foldout, H&HN looks at what sectors hospitals should consider outsourcing and what questions to ask potential partners.
authors.forename: Suzanna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hoppszallern
mesh_terms: D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006740:Hospital Administrators; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008283:Maintenance; D020416:Outsourced Services / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012015:Reference Standards; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014481:United States