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Enterprise Integration - Defining the Landscape
Hospitals and healthcare systems use healthcare information technology (HIT) to run their core operations. Simply stated, an HIT system is like other computer systems—it consists of a computer network, software and database (that stores information). Yet, despite these similarities, HIT is different in that it performs tasks that have life or death ramifications, is exceedingly complex, and must be transacted with blazing speed for patient safety purposes.