IT expenditure in a Dutch Hospital
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Information Technology (IT) is an important enabler in supporting the growing demand for healthcare services and the growing complexity of healthcare services. IT is also a cost driver of importance in healthcare services; hospitals spend an estimated 3% of their annual revenues on IT. These factors make that IT expenditure is of strategic importance to local and national healthcare policy makers. This paper addresses the question often raised by hospital management; how much do we spend on IT and on what do we spend it? An analysis of the expenditure of IT of a Dutch hospital (1996-2005) gives an insight usable as a reference for other hospital management and Information System researchers on how to approach IT expenditure evaluation. The discussion generates important issues for further research in IT expenditure in healthcare services.
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