Ann L Fruhling

Ann L. Fruhling is an Associate Professor at the Peter Kiewit Institute, College of Information Science and Technology, the University of Nebraska–Omaha (UNO). She teaches core courses for the Management Information Systems graduate program. In 2007, she received the UNO Alumni Outstanding Teaching Award. Dr. Fruhling is a member of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) and serves on the Executive Board of the AIS IT in Healthcare Special Interest Group. In addition, she is a research scholar for Northrop Grumman on the C2SES project located at the U.S. Strategic Command.

Realizing Value Driven e-Health Solutions

As is well known, health care remains one of the most pressing issues facing us today. The U.S. health care system continues down what most experts have concluded to be an unsustainable path, mired by ever-increasing costs, inconsistent quality, and access pressures. The U.S. spends over $2 trillion on medical care annually which, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), represents about 2.4 times the average of other OECD countries.