Publications

The following is a compilation of our published books and journal articles, as well as media interviews calling upon the experience of ITO consultants.

Currently Available Publications

Monographs

DeLuca, Joseph M. and Rebecca Enmark. The CEO's Guide to Health Care Information Systems, 2nd Edition. Jossey-Bass/AHA Press. 2001.

Deluca, Joseph, Erin Nardone, and Rebecca Enmark, Electronic Commerce: Dollars and Sense, HIT Outlook (Alameda, CA: Health Care Investment Visions LLC). 2000.

Enmark, Rebecca and Joseph DeLuca. Information Technology Governance and Planning Models. Shawnee Mission, KS:Child Health Institute (a division of the Child Health Corporation of America). November 1998.

DeLuca, Joseph M. and Rebecca Enmark Cagan. Information Technology: Strategies and Challenges. Part of the Pediatric Healthcare 2005 Executive Series. Shawnee Mission, KS:Child Health Institute (a division of the Child Health Corporation of America). November 1997.

DeLuca, Joseph, contributor. Herds of Wildebeest, Troops of Baboons, Prides of Lions, Clusters of Information Technologies: The Evolution of a New Force in Health Care's Wild Jungle. Health Information Infrastructure Outlook (HIO) Project, 1996-1997. Special Report SR-638. Menlo Park: Institute for the Future. September 1997.

DeLuca, Joseph, contributor. Electronic Commerce in Health Care. Health Information Infrastructure Outlook (HIO) Project, 1996-1997. Special Report SR-630. Menlo Park: Institute for the Future. June 1997.

DeLuca, Joseph, contributor. Metropolitan Area Profiles: Health Care Markets and Electronic Infrastructure Opportunities. Health Information Infrastructure Outlook (HIO) Project, 1995-1996. Special Report SR-599. Menlo Park: Institute for the Future. April 1996.

DeLuca, Joseph M. and Rebecca Enmark Cagan. Investing for Business Value: How to Maximize the Strategic Benefits of Health Care Information Technology. Chicago:American Hospital Publishing, 1996. This work provides readers with a centralized framework for establishing IT requirements and making key IT investment decisions. Through documented case examples, the value of various types of technology is illustrated, including networking and telecommunications, electronic data interchange and application software. The book provides an overview of the benefits of technology, correlating features and functionalities with expected benefits in addressing more than 140 common problems facing health care providers. Promising new technologies – including electronic medical records, patient interactive systems and the Internet – are surveyed, and a cross-disciplinary approach to selecting and managing emerging IT systems in terms of productivity gains, cost savings and care quality improvements is introduced.

DeLuca, Joseph M. with Rebecca Enmark Cagan. The CEO's Guide to Health Care Information Systems. Chicago: American Hospital Publishing, 1996. This work provides executives with the core knowledge they require to effectively manage information systems and technologies. Practical and informative, the CEO's Guide works to bridge the gap between general executive management principles and the discipline of healthcare information systems technology. The book updates and expands the 1991 Executive's Guide, covering the state of the industry in healthcare IS, including managed care and clinical automation advances, IT use in evolving provider delivery structures, the information systems lifecycle and IT department management and operations.

DeLuca, Joseph M.; Rebecca Enmark Cagan; Gemma Mata Tayao. "Conducting an IT reengineering project" in Redesigning Healthcare Delivery: A Practical Guide to Reengineering, Restructuring, and Renewal, edited by Peter Boland. Berkeley:Boland Healthcare, 1996.

DeLuca, Joseph M. and Rebecca E. Cagan. "Controlling for Patient Variables in Medical Effectiveness/Outcomes Management Studies" in Medical Effectiveness and Outcomes Management, edited by Patrice L. Spath. Chicago: American Hospital Publishing, 1996.

DeLuca, Joseph M., principal researcher; Rebecca K. Enmark; James A. Pritchard. Quality Measurement Systems: Strategies, Product Profiles and Healthcare Information Systems Capabilities. San Francisco:JDA, ©1994.

This report draws upon the expertise of QMS vendors, leading HIS vendors and practitioners using systems to address issues and strategize solutions. Developed in response to the overwhelming need for a compact, reliable source of information, Quality Measurement Systems provides existing product profiles, HIS evaluations and strategies for use and implementation geared to specific types of healthcare markets.

DeLuca, Joseph M. with Owen Doyle. Health Care Information Systems: An Executive's Guide for Successful Management. Chicago: American Hospital Publishing, 1991.

Published in 1991, this work presents practical help for executives responsible for strategic management of information systems. The book also covers systems planning, vendor selection and effective management of the information system department, and in particular discusses the use of HIS as a competitive tool.

Transcripts

DeLuca, Joseph M. "Ask the Expert." Transcript of inquiries and responses on the topic of information technology implementation. Sponsored by the American College of Healthcare Executives, October 2001.

DeLuca, Joseph M., MA, FACHE and others. "Health Care Information Technology: Market Forecast 2001." Transcript of panel discussion held November 30, 2000. Healthcare Business Media. February 2001.

Articles

DeLuca, Joseph M., MA, FACHE and Rebecca Enmark, MLIS. "The Latest Revolution: What Solutions Will Technology Offer" Health Forum Journal. Jan/Feb 2001.

Waggener, Cheryl and Joseph M. DeLuca, MA, FACHE. "Emerging Technologies: Contracting Strategies" Insight Newsletter (a quarterly publication of NIPAC). June 2000.

Healy, Jane MS and Joseph M. DeLuca, MA, FACHE. "Electronic Commerce: Beyond the Euphoria" Journal of Health Information Management. Summer 2000.

DeLuca, Joseph M., MA, FACHE and Rebecca Enmark, MLIS. "E-Health". Frontiers of Health Services Management. Fall 2000..

DeLuca, Joseph M., MA, FACHE and Rebecca Enmark, MLIS. "The Ethics of E-Commerce" Health Forum Journal. 43(3): 28-33, May/June 2000.

DeLuca, Joseph M. "Privacy Perspectives: Electronic Medical Record Technology" Healthcare Strategies and Perspectives 4(2): (July) 1999.

"Ringing Out the Century With A Whimper" Health Data Management 7(6): June 1999, p 56.

DeLuca, Joseph. "'At risk' IS ventures: Not for the weak at heart" Health Measures 3(2): March 1998, p 22.

"6 new buying rules" Hospitals and Health Networks 72(4): February 20, 1998, p 38.

DeLuca, Joseph. "Health Care Information Technologies for the Next Century… or at least Five Years" Health Data Highways 3(33):December 1, 1997.

DeLuca, Joseph. "Health Care and Information Technology: Rational Responses to the Relentless Pace of Change" Heath Data Highways 3(19):April 21, 1997.

DeLuca, Joseph and Rebecca Enmark Cagan. "Integrated Health Information Management: How to Build on What You Have" Health Care Systems Economics Report 1(5):1996.

DeLuca, Joseph. "Data Warehousing and Data Mining in Health Care" 2(28.1):May 10, 1996.

Cagan, Rebecca and Thomas A. Mack. "Managing Health Care Information Technology" Surgical Services Management 2(5): 46-50 (May 1996).

Cagan, Rebecca Enmark and Diane L. Chaffin. "Quality Measurement and the Transition to Managed Care" The InterStudy Quality Edge 1995(4), p1-17.

"Plotting a technology strategy" Health Data Management 3(11):7-16 (December 1995).

"Repositories promise to quench growing thirst for health data" Health Data Management 3(9):50-56 (October 1995).

DeLuca, Joseph M., moderator; James Hauenstein, Carolyn Byerly, William Spooner, Panelists. "Forum: Translating the Promise of Integrated Regional Delivery Systems into Performance" Healthcare Information Management 9(4): p31-37 (Fall 1995).

DeLuca, Joseph M. and Rebecca Enmark Cagan. "Information Systems in the Perioperative Environment" In: Szabo Z, Lewis JE, Fantini, GA, eds. Surgical Technology International IV. San Francisco: Universal Medical Press; 1995. p33-36.

"Hospitals plan their own Rx" Information Week 538:62-68 (July 31, 1995).

DeLuca, Joseph M.; Carolyn Byerly; Edward F. Kopetsky; Robert L. Montgomery. "Integrated regional delivery systems: Translating the promise into performance" Proceedings of the 1995 Annual HIMSS Conference February 12-16, 1995, San Antonio, Texas vol 2:269.

"Computerized records will play a key role in the implementation of clinical guidelines" Health Data Management 3(2):31-42 (February 1995).

"Stock update: PHAMIS shows ability to raise cash" Health Data Management 3(2):72-75 (February 1995).

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"CPR" National Report on Computers and Health 15(20):October 10, 1994.

"Evaluating physician profiling systems" The Assertive Utilization Management Report 4(10): October 1994.

"Report compares major severity and outcomes systems" Medical Outcomes and Guidelines Alert 2(14): July 21, 1994.

DeLuca, Joseph and Rebecca Enmark. "Electronic Medical Record: The Problematic Issues" Northern California Medicine V(7):22 (July 1994). (Also appeared in Southern California Medicine II(5):22)

"Study compares quality measures" Modern Healthcare 24(26):112 (June 27, 1994).

"Comparing the comparers: JDA report on outcomes measurement" Inside Healthcare Computing 4(15): June 13, 1994.

"Vendors go slow on QM systems development: Report blames lack of clear standards" National Report on Computers & Health 15(11): May 23, 1994.

DeLuca, Joseph. "A Catalyst for Change: the IS Planning Process" Prospectus 4(Summer 1993):1.

"JDA vendor selection methodology now benefits-based" Inside Healthcare Computing 3(15): June 14, 1993.

DeLuca, Joseph. "Technology 2000" Proceedings of the 1993 Annual HIMSS Conference 1:101.

DeLuca, Joseph M. and Jon Davis. "Gaining an edge through information systems technology" Administrative Radiology 7(7):28-32 (July 1988).

 

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