title: Show me the (grant) money. While grants can help fund IT projects, CIOs should start with defining the need, then look for the money, not the other way around.
abstract: Money matters. CIOs agree: alignment is key when it comes to grant-seeking in healthcare IT. Most importantly, CIOs need to flesh out their core healthcare IT strategiesand then look around to see hether they might be eligible for grants. Obtaining grants can boost a hospital organization's capability to implement core clinical and other information systems, but the process is a rigorous one, virtually always encompassing the need for the grantee organization to measure results obtained, write reports, etc. There are many types of grants available from different agencies. It is important to reach out to organizations like HIMSS, with its recently established Grants Advantage Program, to determine what might be available and what the grantor organizations' require. Planning a grant project, say successful CIOs, is like planning any other kind of IT project, and must be approached with the same discipline and thoughtfulness.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hagland
mesh_terms: D005377:Financial Management, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005381:Financing, Organized; D006740:Hospital Administrators; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000191:economics*; D024382:Professional Role