title: Sharpening the case for returns on investment from clinical information systems.
abstract: Is it possible to see a return on the huge investments it takes for hospitals to purchase and implement sophisticated clinical information systems? The answer emerging from research HIMSS Analytics is that hospitals can indeed experience powerful returns on investments, but those returns might not take the direct financial form that chief executive officers demand.
authors.affiliation: Featherly-Jossi, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Featherly
authors.forename: Dave
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Garets
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Pat
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wise
authors.forename: Pat
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Becker
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D007449:Investments; D008490:Medical Informatics; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000191:economics*