title: Methodology may help hospitals evaluate ROI for IT investments.
abstract: Hospitals are spending millions of dollars to install a variety of information technology (IT) systems to improve patient care, reduce medication errors and track supplies and equipment. But unlike many clinical services, calculating a return on investment (ROI) for IT systems is difficult. Researchers at Florida State University in Tallahassee may have developed a methodology for hospitals to evaluate ROI from a hospital wide perspective.
mesh_terms: D002202:Capital Financing; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis / Q000379:methods; D005431:Florida; D006302:Health Services Research; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000191:economics*