title: The importance of companion IT strategies.
abstract: Discussions of IT strategy should include not only which IT applications a healthcare organization should invest in, but also what strategies could maximize the organization's IT asset as a whole and what non-IT strategies could complement and help leverage the IT investment.
authors.affiliation: Partners HealthCare, Boston, USA. jglaser@partners.org
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Glaser
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications