Case: Chess, Robert, and Ryan Kissick. "Stanford Medicine: Health IT Purchasing Decisions in a Complex Medical Organization." Stanford, CA: Stanford Graduate School of Business, 2017. Case No. E615 TN.

1. Why are IT purchasing decisions so complex at Stanford Medicine?
2. How did Stanford Medicine approach building the business case for their electronic medical records (EMR)? What were some of the challenges they faced?
3. Why was NimbleRx adopted so quickly and broadly within the Stanford Medicine system?
4. If you were part of the Stanford Medicine IT leadership team, would you become an early adopter and implement Flatiron Health? Why? Be sure to list out the pros and cons regardless of your decision.