Health Information Management: Integrating Information Technology ...

Chapter 7
Information strategy
An introduction
Bert Huisman
KEY POINTS OF THIS CHAPTER
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Decision makers need strategies to coordinate and direct the disparate
activities of organizations.
Strategy is about making choices and managing alignment between
functions of the organization.
There is no generally accepted framework to derive (information)
strategies from.
The strategic application of IT in health care is primarily an effort of
developing a vision and culture, process improvement, organizational
development, and a network of aligned interests.
Information strategy formation and implementation needs new
methods for dealing with the complexity of the health care sector.
These methods require health care organizations to invest heavily in
the development of a professional, independent, open and flexible
workforce, which is able to deal with multifaceted issues and
developments.
KEY TERMS
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Strategy
Information strategy
Alignment
Complexity of organizations, wickedness of problems
Organizational transformation