title: Clinical transformation: under pressure to alter the cost/quality paradigm, hospital organizations are turning to IT.
abstract: Payer and purchaser pressure, in the form of P4P initiatives and public outcomes reporting, is pushing clinical transformation from the outside, while internal efforts to make care more efficient and cost-effective are also having an effect. Strategically implemented IT is emerging as a critical facilitator of clinical transformation. Those organizations making the most dramatic progress in clinical transformation are also leaders in strategic IT implementation in clinical care. Strategizing on clinical care improvement goals, selecting the right information systems, then implementing both process and IT changes at the same time, will be important to success.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hagland
mesh_terms: D002201:Capital Expenditures; D003363:Cost Control; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States