ANA has long recognized the importance of using standardized data and
information technology to improve the quality of care.
Despite its prediction of an increase in spending, Gartner was also advising
information technology providers to act now to develop contingencies to mitigate the risk of zero growth in 2011, a scenario that Gartner said has a lower probability but a much higher potential impact.
Although there is growing excitement about the application of
information technology to career service delivery, some participants urged caution because several ethical issues arise when using the Internet to deliver computer-based career guidance and counseling (Harris-Bowlsbey & Sampson, 2005).
At that summit Leavitt and Treasury Secretary John Snow discussed the burden of rising health care costs on the economy and the role of health
information technology in managing these expenditures.
* Provide IT section members and Certified
Information Technology Professional (CITP) credential holders with resources to help them enhance their competency and allow them to share best practices.
Associate Professor of
Information Technology, Old Dominion University
NCI and team members Multimax and General Dynamics will provide a range of services in the end-to-end support of the
Information Technology Services Directorate to include network engineering, information assurance, operation and maintenance of end-user and network equipment, acquisition of supplies and hardware, and server system administration.
After several years of ever-growing investments in new
information technology applications and with the economic downturn forcing close scrutiny of capital expenditures, business executives started to ask new questions:
Physicians were, if not all early adopters, at least conversant with
information technology. On one level, physician innovators had helped develop computed tomography, computer-assisted interpretation of electrocardiograms and pulmonary function tests and other applications.
The integration of
information technology into teaching and learning requires both effective technology support and intensive training.
NIST provided presentations on draft NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-37, Guidelines for the Security Certification and Accreditation of Federal
Information Technology Systems; draft Federal Information Processing Standard 199, Standards for Categorization of Federal Information and Information Systems; the status and overview of forthcoming draft NIST SP 800-53, Guidelines for Selection and Specification of Security Controls for Information Systems; and draft SP 800-50, Building an
Information Technology Security Awareness and Training Program.