title: 5 rules for effective IT investment planning.
abstract: For effective IT investment planning, healthcare administrators should: Have a clear business strategy in mind. Use the same comprehensive planning process the organization would for any other significant investment. Anticipate and develop responses to changing dynamics of both the healthcare business and technology environments. Develop an effective governance structure to guide the planning process. Prepare to adapt as IT investment planning needs change.
authors.affiliation: Healthlink Incorporated, Houston, Texas, USA. lynn.vogel@healthlink.com
authors.forename: Lynn Harold
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Vogel
mesh_terms: D002201:Capital Expenditures; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D007256:Information Systems / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States