You take a position as the leader of your selected health care organization. You understand the critical role health care information systems (HCIS) play in patient care and patient satisfaction. After coming on board for one month, you gain the whole

Assignment 1

For this assignment, you will write a two-page detailed outline addressing your final paper’s first three requirements.

For your Final Paper Prep, develop an outline that addresses the following:

•        Describe your chosen health care organization, including the nature of the business, the services or products, and the number of customers served.

•        Identify the issues and needs for purchasing or upgrading HCIS.

o   Specify the type of HCIS, e.g., artificial intelligence, clinical decision support system, cloud computing, digital health, electronic health record, laboratory information system, patient portal, software application, telehealth, etc.

•        Outline the essential activities needed in the systems development life cycle (SDLC) specific to your proposed HCIS. The Final Paper Prep (Outline),

•        must be three double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references page) and formatted according to APA Style. as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft Word. resource.

•        must include a separate title page with the following in title case:

o   title of paper in bold font

▪   Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.

o   student’s name o name of the institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus) o course name and number o instructor’s name o due date

•        must use at least two scholarly sources published in the last five years in addition to the course text.

o   The Scholarly, Peer–Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source.

Assignment 2

For your final paper, you will select one case scenario from case 1 to 14 in Chapter 14 of the required

text. (CASE 3: IMPLEMENTING A CAPACITY MANAGEMENT INFORMATION

SYSTEM) (LAST PAGE ATTACHED)

 You take a position as the leader of your selected health care organization. You understand the critical role health care information systems (HCIS) play in patient care and patient satisfaction. After coming on board for one month, you gain the whole picture of issues and needs for an effective HCIS to serve the patients. You decide to submit a report to the board members for review before you make an oral presentation in the next board meeting.

For your Implementing Health Care Information Systems final paper, you must complete an 10-page paper. In your final paper, you should: 

•        Describe your chosen health care organization, including the nature of the business, the services or products, and the number of customers served. 

•        Identify the issues and needs for purchasing or upgrading HCIS.

o   Be sure to specify the type of HCIS, e.g., artificial intelligence, clinical decision support system, cloud computing, digital health, electronic health record, laboratory information system, patient portal, software application, telehealth, etc. 

•        Outline the essential activities needed in the systems development life cycle (SDLC) specific to your proposed HCIS. 

•        Determine the proposed HCIS’s impacts on diversity, equity, and inclusion concerning health care provisions, such as access, cost, and quality. 

•        Create a risk analysis strategy for your proposed HCIS following applicable laws and standards. 

•        Summarize the best practices and policies for your proposed HCIS related to data governance, information exchange, or technical and structural interoperability.  • Estimate two things that could go wrong in implementing your proposed HCIS. 

•        Compose your strategic planning to ensure the success of implementation.

The Implementing Health Care Information Systems final paper,

•        must be 10 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages and formatted according to APA Style.  

•        must include a separate title page with the following:

o   title of paper in bold font

▪   Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.

o   student’s name o name of the institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus) o course name and number o instructor’s name o due date

•        must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.

•        must use at least five scholarly or peer-reviewed sources published in the past five years in addition to the course text.

Course Textbook:

Wager, K. A., Lee, F. W., & Glaser, J. P. (2022). Health care information systems: A practical approach for health care management (5th ed.). Jossey-Bass.

 CASE 3: IMPLEMENTING A CAPACITY MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM 

Doctors’ Hospital is a 162-bed, acute-care facility located in a small city in the southeastern United States. The organization had a major financial upheaval six years ago that resulted in the establishment of a new governing structure. The new governing body consists of an elevenmember authority board. The senior management of Doctors’ Hospital includes the CEO, three senior vice presidents, and one vice president. During the restructuring, the CIO was changed from a full-time staff position to a part-time contract position. The CIO spends two days every two weeks at Doctors’ Hospital.

Doctors’ Hospital is currently in Phase 1 of a three-phase construction project. In Phase 2 the hospital will build a new emergency department (ED) and surgical pavilion, which are scheduled to be completed in eleven months.

INFORMATION SYSTEMS CHALLENGE

The current ED and outpatient surgery department have experienced tremendous growth in the past several years. ED visits have increased by 50 percent, and similar increases have been seen in outpatient surgery. Management has identified that inefficient patient flow processes, particularly patient transfers and discharges, have resulted in backlogs in the ED and outpatient areas. The new construction will only exacerbate the current problem.

Nearly a year ago Doctors’ Hospital made a commitment to purchase a capacity management software suite to reduce the inefficiencies that have been identified in patient flow processes. The original timeline was to have the new system pilot-tested prior to the opening of the new ED and surgical pavilion. However, with the competing priorities its members face as they deal with major construction, the original project steering committee has stalled. At its last meeting nearly six months ago, the steering committee identified the vendor and product suite. Budgets and timelines for implementation were proposed but not finalized. No other steps have been taken.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

Do you think the absence of a full-time CIO has had an impact on this acquisition project? Why or why not?

What steps should the CIO take to ensure that the capacity management system will be purchased and implemented? What do you see as the critical first step in this process? Why? Discuss who you think should serve on the project steering committee. Who should serve as chair? Why?

At this point, what do you think is a realistic time frame for implementation of the capacity management system? What steps can be taken to ensure the new timeline is met despite competing priorities?