Health Affairs, 27, no. 5 (2008): w396-w398
(Published online 19 August 2008)
doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.27.5.w396
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The Alternative Route: Hanging Out The Unmentionables For Better Decision Making In Health Information Technology

David C. Kibbe and Curtis P. McLaughlin

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.


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