What impact can have on information technology issues that impact on health care in the United States? It seemed like it would be a rapid impact on the improvement of transaction processing (cost reduction), increase the accuracy of diagnosis and treatment (quality improvement), and improving access to health care in some cases. But what was going to happen for it to play a greater role in health care today and in the future? What forces had to come to bear, what structural and cultural changes were needed? Were there examples of successful implementation of IT systems in health care today? If so, what were the consequences of their investments? "Hide
by Robert A. Burgelman, Robert Pearl, Philip Meza Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business 23 pages. Publication Date: October 24, 2004. Prod. #: SM136-PDF-ENG