health it investment news from FierceHealthIT
NewsIT managers expect stronger investment, hiring in second half of 2010, CDW survey says
The IT sector may finally be pulling out of its doldrums and getting ready to start hiring again, a new survey suggests. Some 48 percent of CIOs and other executives in charge of IT purchasing Read more...
Quality benefits of health IT often hard to quantify in ROI calculations
This story should surprise nobody who's ever struggled with higher-ups to get approval for health IT investment: It's often difficult to calculate return on investment from a purely financial Read more...
IT spending, staffing levels casualties of the economy for many healthcare executives
Half of healthcare executives responding to a new survey say their organizations will be forced to cut back on technology investments due to the lagging economy, a situation Beacon Partners CEO Ralph Read more...
Study: VA nets $3B in savings from health IT investment
Investments in health IT produced a net savings of $3.09 billion for the Department of Veterans Affairs between 1997 and 2007, according to a new study. The technology also produced measurable gains Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Adoption of IT in hospital ORs could jump
According to Modern Healthcare, more than 2,100 hospitals across the U.S. don't have functional health IT systems in their operating rooms. However, this could change quickly as the federal Read more...
Case study: Kaiser rethinks IT in building new hospital
Kaiser Permanente well along the way on its plans to build a new, 314-bed hospital in Fontana, CA--but this time, it hopes to do something different. Not only is Kaiser focused on building a green Read more...
|
