title: IT at a crossroads.
abstract: Health care is not the laggard it used to be when it comes to information technology. But as hospitals' IT use matures, new risks and tensions emerge.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Joch
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D006752:Hospital Planning; D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D048108:Nursing Informatics; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D016134:Organizational Policy; D011786:Quality Control; D012306:Risk; D018511:Systems Integration; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States; D014584:User-Computer Interface