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Fall 2007: The Economics of HIT
Determining Future Electronic Health Record Return on Investment
A conversation with the Argonne team
In the Winter 2008 issue of JHIM, Dariusz Blachowicz, John H. Christiansen, Archana Ranginani and Kathy Lee Simunich (the Argonne team), explore agent-based modeling and simulation (ABMS), a technique that may help healthcare organizations more effectively determine the future return-on-investment of regional healthcare delivery and electronic healthcare record systems. [You can read their article “How to Determine Future EHR ROI: Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation Offers a New Alternative to Traditional Techniques” in the JHIM-Digital Edition by logging on to the Member Center—Ed.]
The CIO’s Role in Healthcare Economic Reform
A conversation with Dale Sanders

In the Winter 2008 issue of JHIM, Dale Sanders, vice president, Information Services, and CIO of Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation in Chicago, explores the myriad benefits of increased transparency in the costs and quality of healthcare, and how that may provide organizations with a more value-based model of healthcare. [You can read his article “The CIO’s Role in Healthcare Economics Reform” in the JHIM-Digital Edition by logging on to the Member Center—Ed.]