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The Alternative Route: Hanging Out The Unmentionables For Better Decision Making In Health Information Technology.
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Article
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*INFORMATION storage & retrieval systems
*MEDICAL databases
*INFORMATION technology
*MEDICAL informatics
*HEALTH services administration
*HEALTH policy
*MANAGEMENT of medical records
COMPUTERS in medical care
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0278-2715
Abstract
Expert panels and policy analysts have often ignored potential contributions to health information technology (IT) from the Internet and Web-based applications. Perhaps they are among the "unmentionables" of health IT. Ignoring those unmentionables and relying on established industry experts has left us with a standards process that is complex and burdened by diverse goals, easy for entrenched interests to dominate, and reluctant to deal with potentially disruptive technologies. We need a health IT planning process that is more dynamic in its technological forecasting and inclusive of IT experts from outside the industry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]