title: Seven durable ideas.
abstract: Partners Healthcare, and its affiliated hospitals, have a long track record of accomplishments in clinical information systems implementations and research. Seven ideas have shaped the information systems strategies and tactics at Partners; centrality of processes, organizational partnerships, progressive incrementalism, agility, architecture, embedded research, and engage the field. This article reviews the ideas and discusses the rationale and steps taken to put the ideas into practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Information Systems, Partners Healthcare, 800 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02199, USA. jglaser@partners.org
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Glaser
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007256:Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009935:Organizational Affiliation