title: Risk or reward? Laying the IT foundation for ACOs presents daunting challenges for healthcare leaders nationwide.
abstract: Industry experts and healthcare IT leaders agree that the recently released proposed rule on the creation of accountable care organizations (ACOs) is offering a heady mix of opportunity and risk, and that laying the IT foundation for success under ACO initiatives will be massively challenging for the vast majority of patient care organizations nationwide. Those a bit further along on the journey say that interoperability, connectivity, and the leveraging of clinical lT for intensive care management and data analysis will be essential to ACO success.
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