A clinical information system strategic planning model for integrated healthcare delivery networks.

As healthcare organizations are transformed into consolidated healthcare delivery networks, their success is increasingly dependent on the integration and effectiveness of their clinical information systems (CIS). Greater financial investments are being made in CIS products and services to support processes related to clinical care oversight, direct care delivery, and ancillary clinical services. To make good investment decisions, these enterprises must engage in a comprehensive strategic planning process that tightly links their healthcare delivery network clinical strategy, CIS strategic vision, and specific CIS investments. The authors illustrate the linkages among these three strategic planning stages through the application of a clinical information system strategic planning model to a case example.