With the calendar marching forward toward deadlines, why are so many health information organizations (HIO) failing?
Jim Bodenbender. Not all are failing. Some that have failed were developed solely with grants and weren’t able to find the business model to keep going. Others have not only been able to sustain operations, but have actually expanded in terms of constituents, content, and geography. A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association suggested that those who exhibit viability share some characteristics, including financial support from participants and a wide variety of participants sharing a narrow set of data. Additionally, there is evidence that collaborative healthcare communities that start by first trying to solve a business problem can find they have done so by creating a vibrant health information exchange. What do you mean by “solve a business problem?” JB. An example is Saint Luke’s Health System in Kansas City. In 2007, CIO Deborah ‘Debe’ Gash had a problem to solve. The organization’s affiliated physicians complained about the amount of p
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