Analyze the basic technology underlying health care information systems.
Identify and analyze what you believe to be the most significant new technology requirements for the health care industry. Indicate how providers should approach the implementation of this new technology requirement that you have identified. Provide support for the response.
Analyze the basic technology underlying health care information systems. Argue that the need for technological innovation and / or modification is most pressing. Support the argument with examples.
Recommend an innovation / modification, and explain how the recommendation could improve the overall level of health care in your own community. Include specific example(s) using local hospitals or other health care providers to support the response.
Suggest a key action that senior health care leadership could take in the community in which you live to push the boundaries of information technology management. Next, speculate on the effect to the community as a result of the improvement to the health care technology.
Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Demonstrate an understanding of the basic technology underlying health care information systems.
Apply senior management’s role in information technology management.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in health information systems.
Write clearly and concisely about health information systems using proper writing mechanics.
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Technology Assessment
Analyze the basic technology underlying health care information systems and determine the most pressing need for innovation.
The most basic analysis of health care information systems is led by the importance of aligning Information Management/Information Technology (IM/IT) with organizational strategy. (Gland, 2008) Health care is considered an applied science, therefore, if it is to be effective; information must be recorded, records must be conserved, be organized and they must be retrievable in several different ways. To provide health care without the recording and analysis of the results is only of passing use and of no help to the next or future generations. To align IT/IM with organizational strategy is to determine the objectives of management and set the goals of the technology system to go in that direction.
In a health care organization, often the task of organizing the technology of the agency falls under the Chief Information Officer (CIO). This individual is tasked with developing a full understanding of “clinical information systems, regulatory and reporting requirements and the use of information in strategic planning and decision support. . .” (Gland, 2008, p. 28) The CIO must attend the meetings and have close relationships with the clinicians, the accountants, the staff and most importantly the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the health care organization. The CIO must understand the management of the organization as well or better than any employee because he is responsible for the design, implementation and sustainability of the IM/IT system. “Concepts and principles are accompanied by demands for more data on healthcare activities and for information systems to accumulate and process data.” According to Vikkelso, (2007) both clinicians and end users always want more and faster information. This is clearly the most pressing need of modern health care technology delivery systems.
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