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24 Healthcare IT News October 2007 ■ hospitals & idns www.HealthcareITNews.com Report: Healthcare IT gives hospitals competitive edge the Future III” series and focuses the mentality that hospitals must dollars,” the report – A new report by the on the state of healthcare tech- if they are going to finds. Information leverage Healthcare Financial Management nology spending today, near and share info in the 21st technology has technology that become a tool that Association (HFMA) and GE long-term trends, barriers to IT Century, then someHealthcare Financial Services iden- adoption and views regarding one else has to pay hospitals today need already exists. tifies strategies to help hospitals funding for IT initiatives. the bill,” said Derek to have in order to maximize technology investments The report advises against look- van Amerongen, MD, vice presi- compete in the healthcare indusin order to prevent financial risks. ing to policymakers, capital lead- dent and chief medical officer of try, it says. “Today’s Technology Spending ers and payers for the money to Humana Health Plans of Ohio. According to the report, hospiTrends: Strategies for the invest in IT but rather to optimize When it comes to making an tals must leverage technology that _ROI_Healthcare_IT_News_8.125x10.625new2.FH11 Fri Sep 14 11:25:22 2007 Página 1 Healthcare Executive” is the sec- technology resources. investment in IT, many organi- already exists to fund technology M Y ond installment of the “Financing “Hospitals need to get out of C zations CM MY CY CMY K are looking beyond “hard for the future. By Molly MerrIll, Contributing Writer CHICAGO “Today’s healthcare executive cannot wait for policy changes, significant infusion of government funds, or other external sources of support to pursue investments like electronic health records,” said Richard L. Clarke, president and CEO of HFMA. “If they hesitate, they may be putting themselves at financial risk.” ■ More at HealthcareITnews.com e Connect: eDGe 1007 ● nursIng Continued from page 19 �� workforce by providing them with the knowledge, skills, competencies and attitude to offer safe, quality, and efficient healthcare through the use of technologies,” said league CEO Beverly Malone. Other participating schools are the University of Colorado at Denver and the Health Sciences Center at Indiana University in Bloomington. Mary Anne Rizzolo, NLN’s senior director of professional development and a member of the project’s core management team responsible for planning and implementation, said NLN will create a private e-community to be used as a central database for documents related to the project, and to facilitate communication among the participating faculty and administrations at the three schools of nursing. The project is designed to provide faculty with the knowledge and skills in applied informatics and technology-supported education, to better prepare nurses for clinical practice by helping them develop the competencies required in an information, technologydriven complex healthcare system. Rizzolo also said the NLN will provide the technology platform, Living Books, which will be used in the early stages of the project to educate the scholars about informatics, simulation, telehealth and Web-based teaching. The NLN will disseminate project processes, products and outcomes to provide sustainable and replicable learning models that can be used in other academic settings. On completion of the program, scholars will then be prepared to fill leadership roles in mentoring programs where they will aid in the integration of technology at their respective institutions. An initial call for sponsors on Sept. 19, by the NLN, launched the program. Those selected will be participating in immersion workshops on one of the three campuses, as well as in online assessment and learning modules, which will incorporate simulated case studies and human patient simulators to provide real-world applications into the academic setting. ■ More at HealthcareITnews.com e Connect: NursiNG 1007 �� e ● Connect: picis 1007 ● http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=7844 http://www.picis.com/DCHS http://www.picis.com/DCHS http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/story.cms?id=7838 http://www.healthcareitnews.com/eConnect.cms?id=7903

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