Strategic importance of MIS for home healthcare

Selecting the most appropriate medical information system will greatly influence the agency's ability to position itself very strongly in an increasingly competitive marketplace. The integration of business and medical applications in one single medical information system reduces financial exposure and permits the agency to expand its range of services to include high-value medical tests. The resulting close working relationship with local physicians will develop into a strong referral linkage. A medical information system, when applied expertly and designed to meet specific local requirements, may represent an important source of additional revenue for the agency and thus more than pay for itself.