Strategic Management of Information Systems in Healthcare

Strategic Management of Information Systems in Healthcare explores how healthcare organizations can use information technology to achieve better operational performance and strengthen their market position. The book explains how to move beyond applying technology to current practices, and use the enabling power of IT to redesign work processes to achieve high levels of performance. Topics covered include: The structure of IT and how it can be used to manage clinical and business functions How IT is used to position an organization in a competitive market The management of information resources, including investing in IT, structure and staffing, and information security and ethics How IT may impact the health system of the future, including an assessment of current policy initiatives

Gordon D. Brown, PhD, is a professor in and chair of the department of health management and informatics at the University of Missouri-Colulmbia. Tamara T. Stone, PhD, is assistant professor in the department of health management and informatics and fellow at the Center for Healthcare Quality at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Timothy B. Patrick, PhD, is asstistant professor in the department of health management and informatics and associate director of the National Library of Medicine Biomedical and Health Informatics Research Training Program at the University of Missouri-Columbia