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VA Launches IT Dashboard

Emory and Grady are hospitals that are two of the biggest names in health-care in the southeast. Because of this they have access to a lot of money provided for research and special medical contracts. Along with a lot of funding both hospitals have lots of dedicated, intelligent staff that are looking to further advance medical research. But, the first step in doing anything is to draft a proposal to submit to the hospital system by the person who wants to do the project. Currently there are no standardized processes, and the parts that are standardized are not as efficient as they could be. These and more issues are what we hope to identify, evaluate, and potentially fix while we work on this project.

The article that was cited above shows how a solid IT solution implemented in a health-care setting could have a fantastic impact on operations. The VA is now able to fast track projects that might have been lost in the paperwork previously. Although this is only a small piece of the puzzle, it already shows what kind of impact an IT solution can have. This is what we hope to show and possibly implement with the Grady/Emory joint project.

Hoover, J. Nicholas. "VA Launches IT Dashboard. The Department of Veterans Affairs' dashboard extends the metrics available on the White House IT Dashboard. ." //InformationWeek// 10 Feb. 2010: n. pag. Web. 14 Feb 2010. .