Information Technology Strategy
As healthcare organizations rely more on technology to be successful, a strong Information Technology (IT) strategy and plan are fundamental to their success. To deliver value, strategic IT planning must support the overall vision, human capital, legal and regulatory compliance, and business and care delivery processes.
A solid Information Technology strategy or approach should:- Integrate and align with the business and care delivery strategies of the organization
- Contribute to the achievement of the organization's goal and objectives
- Represent a shared senior management vision
- Be formulated with the organization's executive team
- Be communicated and well understood throughout the organization
- Identify key milestones and management projects
- Be easily measurable, ambitious but also remain realistic
A First-Class Information Technology Approach Provides:
Assessment
Assessing how well a healthcare organization is exploiting information technology is increasingly critical in today's
high pressure environment. Rising healthcare costs, improved quality and patient safety has made the industry
extremely competitive. Information technology, effectively deployed, has the power to significantly impact your
organization's competitive position. As IT's ability to impact patient care increases, organizations must vigilantly
examine opportunities for technology to improve the care delivery process, from medication management and clinical
decision support through the protection of patient records and HIPAA compliance.
Vision
An IT vision can challenge an organization's creativity and critical thinking. Often an IT vision reflects the
organization's impression of its own capabilities, as well as emerging business, regulatory, economic and technology
trends. In healthcare, peerless patient care is often the core foundation of the organizational vision. Now more than
ever, leaders in the healthcare industry are recognizing that IT can help achieve strikingly successful product, service
and care delivery differentiation. While many organizations have a strong business vision, they often lack a
complementary IT vision and its role in achieving the core mission of patient service and privacy.
Strategy
An IT strategy can serve to position an organization for success by focusing on the major gains that can be achieved
organization-wide by successfully integrating technology with the business. Successful healthcare organizations will need
to define not only a vision for their future, but also how they plan to get there.
Planning
An IT plan is a detailed roadmap for the organization to follow their strategy from current state to future state. The IT
function can only be successful by defining how the IT vision and strategy will be implemented in terms of scope, time
and resources. With today's heightened demand for return on investment (ROI) dollars and already thin operating margins that
are notorious in healthcare, providing guidance to the execution of the IT function is increasingly important.
About The Revere Group
In operation since 1992, The Revere Group is a North American business unit of NTT Data. Revere is a leading business
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