title: The value of information technology in healthcare.
abstract: Not only will healthcare investments in information technology (IT) continue, they are sure to increase. Just as other industries learned over time how to extract more value from IT investments, so too will the healthcare industry, and for the same reason: because they must. This article explores the types of business value IT has generated in other industries, what value it can generate in healthcare, and some of the barriers encountered in achieving that value. The article ends with management principles for IT investment.
authors.affiliation: Providence Health System, Tigard, Oregon, USA.
authors.forename: Richard I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Skinner
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004465:Economic Competition; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006298:Health Services Administration / Q000592:standards; D007256:Information Systems; D007449:Investments; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011357:Product Line Management; D012945:Social Values; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014481:United States