%0 Journal Article %1 DiaShi08 %A Diamond, C.C. %A Shirky, C. %D 2008 %I Health Affairs %J Health Affairs %K myown %T Health Information Technology: A Few Years Of Magical Thinking? %X One of the biggest obstacles to expanding the use of information technology (IT) in health care may be the current narrow focus on how to stimulate its adoption. The challenge of thinking of IT as a tool to improve quality requires serious attention to transforming the U.S. health care system as a whole, rather than simply computerizing the current setup. Proponents of health IT must resist "magical thinking," such as the notion that technology will transform our broken system, absent integrated work on policy or incentives. The alternative route to transforming the system sets all of its sights on the destination. Health Affairs 27, no. 5 (2008): w383-w390 (published online 19 August 2008; 10.1377/hlthaff.27.5.w383)

@article{DiaShi08, abstract = {One of the biggest obstacles to expanding the use of information technology (IT) in health care may be the current narrow focus on how to stimulate its adoption. The challenge of thinking of IT as a tool to improve quality requires serious attention to transforming the U.S. health care system as a whole, rather than simply computerizing the current setup. Proponents of health IT must resist "magical thinking," such as the notion that technology will transform our broken system, absent integrated work on policy or incentives. The alternative route to transforming the system sets all of its sights on the destination. [Health Affairs 27, no. 5 (2008): w383-w390 (published online 19 August 2008; 10.1377/hlthaff.27.5.w383)]}, added-at = {2010-08-13T17:48:12.000+0200}, at = {2010-08-12T19:34:09.000+0200}, author = {Diamond, C.C. and Shirky, C.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/24ea63df64120dd56a994ed1960538edd/referrator}, file = {:DiaShi08.pdf:PDF}, interhash = {cf5cf2cfd0bffef20f2084aa9fe38527}, intrahash = {4ea63df64120dd56a994ed1960538edd}, journal = {Health Affairs}, keywords = {myown}, publisher = {Health Affairs}, timestamp = {2010-08-13T17:48:12.000+0200}, title = {Health Information Technology: A Few Years Of Magical Thinking?}, year = 2008 }