Chapter 18IT Architecture Assessment
Many healthcare organizations lack a formal enterprise architecture (EA) or even a formal IT architecture. The reasons for this are several. First, many healthcare IT (HIT) departments have grown organically over time before some of the more structured methods of managing IT gained popularity. Many HIT departments are running at full capacity just managing break-fix-operations and haven’t spent any time evaluating the role of EA in their environment. Still other organizations simply lack the technical expertise to engage in EA design, implementation, and management. That said, every enterprise using technology has EA and IT architecture, whether it's accidental, ad hoc, or ...
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