title: Making music out of noise. The Sentara Healthcare Experience Implementing e-Care.
abstract: This paper describes insights from the an implementation experience with a project titled eCare, a comprehensive health IT solution integrating all environments of care and the primary business functions at Sentara Healthcare, the largest system in southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina. eCare is expected to account for more than $16 million by the end of 2009, from realized benefits in quality of care, process efficiencies and firm performance. Made evident by Sentara's experience, eCare-type technology may be as much of a market differentiator for healthcare as the ATM was for banking industry, but prudent management in the implementation process is key.
authors.affiliation: Information Systems in the Operations and Information Systems Management Department, Mason School of Business, College of William and Mary.
authors.forename: Chon
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Abraham
authors.forename: Bertram
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Reese
mesh_terms: D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D009657:North Carolina; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D014768:Virginia