UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH-WEST
Another core guiding principle is partnerships with business units and clinical units , Wilda explains .
“ We really take strong pride in taking more time in bringing in subject matter experts within our organisation regarding whatever technologies or problems we ’ re trying to solve ,” he adds .
“ We also have a patient advisory council for digital health where we have a subset of our community as a volunteer base . We meet with them on a quarterly basis . We show them our technical roadmap , we talk to them about the solutions that we ' re coming up with , and they help us understand what they want to see , what they like in other industries , and if we can bring them to this market .
“ I think IT is more about people and connections than it is about technology , so that ' s where our strategy really lies in how we deliver that to this organisation .”
New potential technologies When selecting new technologies it ’ s important to keep it simple , and not to innovate for the sake of innovation , Wilda adds . “ We really want to keep it as simple as asking , what are our must-haves ,” he explains . uofmhealthwest . org 11