How has the economic downtown affected the health care informatics?
I think the demand for advanced informatics is on a steep upward slope and has been so for about five years. Now, our funding capabilities are what concern me. With the downturn in the economy and the stock market, a lot of our revenues come from investments of that nature. There will be less money to invest, but I think we’re going to do a better job of prioritizing projects that provide the most value. It’s going to take a lot more discussions to get things approved, and I’ve already experienced that at the board level on several projects. I think most IT positions are fairly secure in the economic environment; there may be some capital cutbacks which require less people, but we are trying to run as lean as possible and cut projects before we add new people and then have to make cuts. I have never felt security in my job even in the best of times because of the many times I have to tell physicians and executives that I cannot do their proposed project at the present time due to resou
