CIO Guide to Accountable Care
3 Drivers, 5 Functional Requirements and 9 Tech Building Blocks
By Daniel J. Marino, President / CEO of Health Directions, LLC
Trustees, CEOs, finance directors and others are increasingly turning to hospital IT leaders with a simple request: Build us the infrastructure for accountable care.
The challenges are many—system options, interface design, staffing, budgets, timelines, etc. One of the biggest problems, however, is that accountable care is pushing CIOs to master new ways of thinking about healthcare IT.
Traditionally, hospital IT decisions are based on department needs, system functionality and cost. CIOs focus on issues like system selection, implementation and ongoing maintenance. Starting now, accountable care is taking the IT decision making process to a new level. To create a viable accountable care infrastructure, CIOs need to understand and weigh factors like industry trends, system interoperability, evolving regulations, organizational strategy and more.
