Iowa Group Gives New IS System A Clean Bill Of Health
Investment in information technology has surfaced as the top priority among many organizations planning for the future. One such group is Iowa Health System (IHS, Des Moines, IA), which has engineered a remarkable technological transformation to become a new model of efficiency in statewide, multisite health facility information management.
The system includes 15 hospitals with 3,354 licensed beds, 400 physicians practicing in more than 50 Iowa communities, and a joint-venture partnership with a physician services organization.