Reform long overdue: panel seeks to end purchasing nightmare

During the purchase and installation process for new healthcare information systems, the inept, self-serving and sometimes short-sighted behavior of healthcare institutions, consultants and vendors surfaces time after time. The Center for Healthcare Information Management (CHIM) Business Conduct Committee has been engaged in frank discussions of the purchasing boondoggle. A panel of committee members and others now call for reform and point to better-educated buyers as the most effective and practical solution.