Chapter 4IT Strategy Building Blocks

DOI: 10.4324/9781003377023-6

We begin with IT strategy since it is foundational to all we do in healthcare IT. In this chapter, we will discuss what IT strategy is and how you can develop it. Then, in Section III, we will walk through performing an assessment of your current IT strategy capabilities so you can develop a renovation plan for this important aspect of HIT based on where you are and where you want to go.

Strategy Defined

Strategies are planned actions you take to achieve defined goals. If you set a goal, the next step is to define objectives to accomplish the goal and define strategies for achieving those objectives. It's important to distinguish strategy, which describes how at a high-level ...

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