Study:E-health offers 2:1 return on investment

Using a rather elastic definition of "e-health," German researchers say they have demonstrated conclusively that well-managed electronic healthcare projects offer a two to one payback on funds invested. At the same time, however, they warn that the big returns they're projecting may not come for as many as five years. The eHealth Impact Project developed a method for weighing the economic benefit of e-health projects, defining them--very loosely--as any technology impacting health services. Using this definition, the group picked out 100 European e-health projects and sorted effectively-run from ineffectively-run projects. In addition to making making ROI calculations, the group isolated some best practices common to the most effective efforts. They found that among other things, successful e-health projects included all key stakeholders, allowed for changes in workflow and got staff members on board.

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