Thursday, April 5, 2012

HIEs Must Plan for Security, Financial Viability to Survive: IDC

Horowitz, Brian T. "HIEs Must Plan for Security, Financial Viability to Survive: IDC." eWeek.com, April 3, 2012.

From the article: "Health information exchanges are beneficial for the continuity of care, but they require privacy and security strategies as well as an effective financial plan to survive, according to an April 2 report by research firm IDC Health Insights.  In the report, "Best Practices: Establishing Sustainable Health Information Exchange," IDC interviewed about 45 executives from organizations running enterprise, regional and statewide HIEs…. Health care organizations need to better understand how the technology behind HIEs will be funded before implementing the platforms, according to Lynne Dunbrack, program director of connected health IT strategies at IDC Health Insights." Read more

See Also
Dunbrack, Lynne, Best Practices: Establishing Sustainable Health Information Exchange, March 2012.