title: Defining the priorities and challenges for the adoption of Information Technology in HealthCare: opinions from an expert panel.
abstract: The Harvard Interfaculty Initiative developed a tool to assess the level of Information Technology adoption at healthcare organizations and asked an expert panel to rate the clinical functions where IT-based solutions can impact quality of care. The experts were asked to identify high priority areas where IT might impact quality, and to rate the difficulty in implementation associated with that solution. While scores from the expert panel varied widely in assessing difficulties in implementation of IT, there was broad consensus on high priority areas.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Ashish K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Jha
authors.forename: Eric G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Poon
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Bates
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Blumenthal
authors.forename: Blackford
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Middleton
authors.forename: Gilad J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Kuperman
authors.forename: Rainu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kaushal
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006801:Humans; D008331:Management Information Systems; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States