Health information system
Please number each answer and reference with each questions
so ill know what answer goes with each questions. Deadline: Sunday
at noon, response post to at least “ONE” other learners due by
Monday the next week at noon. The length of initial discussion post
300-word length and reply/response post should be at least 200
words per each question asked, to another fellow student and any
real life experience as applicable, from news or text material.
Late submission penalty applies based on the number of day’s late
and in line with policy and procedure.
1a. “Health Care Data and Information”
· How can health care administrations improve data and
information quality while at the same time decreasing data and
information errors? Provide at least one (1) example to support
your response.
· What is interoperability, and why do health care providers
and organizations still face critical issues and challenges related
to interoperability despite the adoption and use of EHR? Support
your response with at least one (1) example.
2b. “Strengths and Weaknesses of System Acquisition and
Implementation”
· What are the various options for acquiring a health care
information system and the advantages and disadvantages of each
option?
· Discuss the key risks to a health care organization that
fails to allocate sufficient support and resources to a newly
implemented health care information system. Next, propose one (1)
strategy to mitigate the risks in question. Provide a rationale to
support your response.
3c.“Evaluating the Health Information Systems and Alignment”
Analyze the reasons, discussed in Chapter 7 of the text, why IT
fails to deliver returns. Next, discuss the main steps that
management could take in order to address the reasons why IT fails
to deliver returns. Provide a rationale for your response.
Also, determine the basic components of a strategic
information system (IT) plan within health care organizations.
Next, specify the main roles of a leadership team—including Chief
Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO)—in the
process of IT alignment and strategic planning, including the role
and function of the Data Analyst.
4d. “Evaluating the Health Information Systems and Alignment”
· Analyze the reasons, discussed in Chapter 7 of the text,
why IT fails to deliver returns. Next, discuss the main steps that
management could take in order to address the reasons why IT fails
to deliver returns. Provide a rationale for your response.
· Also, determine the basic components of a strategic
information system (IT) plan within health care organizations.
Next, specify the main roles of a leadership team—including Chief
Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO)—in the
process of IT alignment and strategic planning, including the role
and function of the Data Analyst.
5e. “HIPPA and Performance Standards and Measures”
· Analyze the importance of the enactment of the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and appraise
the overall impact of HIPAA on patients’ medical records. Suggest
key ways in which health care administrations may improve data and
information quality, and decrease data and information errors.
Provide at least one (1) example to support your response.
· Differentiate the variations between licensures,
certification, measures and accreditation, why it is significant to
health care in the United States, and what the role of the Joint
Commission is.
