Title:	RELEVANCE OF IT GOVERNANCE FOR THE SWISS HEALTHCARE SECTOR
Author(s):	Mike Krey
ISBN:	978-972-8924-97-3
Editors:	Hans Weghorn and Pedro Isaías
Year:	2009
Edition:	V II, 2
Keywords:	IT Governance, IT Management, Healthcare, CobiT, ITIL
Type:	Short Paper
First Page:	58
Last Page:	62
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	The issues, opportunities and challenges of effectively governing an organization’s Information Technology (IT) demands and resources has become a major concern of the Board and executive management in enterprises on a global basis. Germany and other European countries have already challenged the introduction of the Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs). By the end of 2012 the Swiss DRG will be introduced and the Swiss healthcare sector is currently searching for methods and practices for the solution of operational planning and optimization of IT processes. Organizational structures, legal restraints and over the years increased heterogeneous IT systems are just a few aspects which make the healthcare sector a sensible field for the implementation of IT governance. Therefore, an integrated and comprehensive approach to the governance of IT and its resources is becoming critical to more effectively align, invest, measure, deploy and sustain the strategic and tactical direction and value proposition of IT in support of the business. In this context IT as a business enabler can play an important role in Swiss hospitals, but it also has the potential for many risks, which may disrupt operations and have unintended consequences. In the last years a range of best practice models (e.g. Control Objectives for IT and related Technologies (CobiT)) as well as proprietary frameworks have been developed (e.g. Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF)) which are also summarized under the topic of IT governance and describe goals, processes and organizational aspects of IT management and control.
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