How CEOs drive the clinical transformation and information technology agenda

The United States' healthcare model is in a serious period of change and redirection. This era holds the potential for transformations equal in significance to the introduction of prospective payment system or even the initiation of Medicare. This article describes the considerable and unique r...

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Published in:Frontiers of health services management 2011, Vol.28 (1), p.15-23
Main Author: Hood, M Michelle
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accountability
Chief executive officers
Chief Executive Officers, Hospital
Chronic illnesses
Compensation
Decision making
Diffusion of Innovation
Executives
Health administration
Health care delivery
Health care industry
Health care policy
Hospital Information Systems
Information systems
Information technology
Operations management
Performance management
Professional Role
Prospective payment systems
Success
United States
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Summary:The United States' healthcare model is in a serious period of change and redirection. This era holds the potential for transformations equal in significance to the introduction of prospective payment system or even the initiation of Medicare. This article describes the considerable and unique role that hospital and health system CEOs must play to position their organizations to not only survive but lead the transformation journey, with particular emphasis on the information technology investment imperative. Healthcare delivery is a multidimensional, multidisciplinary, and matrixed model. Change is hard. Information technology is evolving. Add these together and we begin to see the challenges ahead.
ISSN:0748-8157
2475-2797
DOI:10.1097/01974520-201107000-00003