Worth a Read: Articles of Interest to the Healthcare IT Field

Show Me the (Grant) Money
By: Mark Hagland
HealthCare Informatics, January, 2009

Historically the majority of healthcare IT projects have been self or privately funded, however the growing need for health information access is driving an increase in grant funding. Experts say the best approach is to go with an already planned initiative and find the funding to match the project, not the other way around.

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Connecting the Dots
By: Kate Huvane Gamble
HealthCare Informatics, January, 2009

Implementing patient flow and bed management systems that integrate with patient care systems can eliminate bottlenecks and provide current information on what is needed to keep the flow at its optimum.

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Relationship ROI
By: Mark Hagland
HealthCare Informatics, December, 2008

With the right internal culture that includes an entrepreneurial spirit and intelligent risk-taking, co-developing new solutions with vendors can be a good choice.

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