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With information systems technology expanding into all areas of healthcare, the cost justification of information systems is a major issue. Managers are being forced to justify expenditures based on the potential return on investment (ROI) for a particular alternative. Despite the difficulty of measuring benefits, decision makers will be pressured to cost justify potential purchases of advanced healthcare technologies, including information systems.
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Malec, B.T. (1991). Cost Justifying Information Systems. In: Ball, M.J., O’Desky, R.I., Douglas, J.V., Albright, J.W. (eds) Healthcare Information Management Systems. Computers in Health Care. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4043-1_23
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