A thorough understanding of these three influences on the commercial environment and how they effect hospital strategy will be a key component in the information systems planning process. Many of these strategic concerns focus on the same problem but from different perspectives. This makes addressing these issues of extreme importance. As was noted earlier. Many healthcare providers are not familiar with the use of computer based tools.
Time is also a valuable commodity that they have very little of to spare.
Hospital organizations will demand that systems be easy to use. The developments of information systems will likely lead to a hospital process re-design. The added stress and complication of doing things in new ways will require extensive education, training and support. Cost pressures will also force both the hospital and development company to maximize resources and provide as much value for the price as possible. Cost leadership will be a key element in successfully entering this market.