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BLOG: Health care IT decision-making
Between increasingly picky payers and voracious electronic health record demands, your practice’s information technology department is becoming the beating heart of your practice, with zero tolerance for downtime, delays or false starts.However, unlike your clinic, optical or ASC, your IT department is a cost center, not a profit center. As a result, you may delay hardware and software updates as you prioritize the budget for new clinic equipment that generates revenue, or shift budget dollars to salary increases to retain and attract the best employees. This can be a short-sighted.