What is the impact of a well- defined and complete RFI and RFP process on identification and selection of a healthcare information system?
Day: August 30, 2018
Case Study: Healthcare Data Standardization
Read the following case study:
A small community hospital in the Midwest has used a homegrown information system for years. The system began in the early 1970s with a financial module. Over time, additional modules were added. A limited number of departments selected a commercial system and interfaces were used to integrate these into the overall functionality of the hospital information system. Except for physicians, most in-house clinical or care-related documentation is online. However, about 15% to 20% of this documentation is done by free text and is not effectively searchable. In addition, the screens, including the drop-down and default values, were built using terms selected by the in-house development team in consultation with clinical staff; thus there is no data dictionary or specific standard language. In the last few years, the hospital has purchased two outpatient clinics (obstetrics and mental health) and a number of local doctor practices. The clinics and doctors’ offices are now being converted to the hospital administrative systems. A few of the clinical applications that are tied directly to the administrative systems such as order entry and results reporting are also being installed.
A major change is being planned. A new chief information officer (CIO) was hired last year and she has appointed a chief medical information officer (CMIO) and a chief nursing information officer (CNIO). No other significant staff changes were made. With her team in place, one of the CIO’s first activities was to complete an inventory of all applications. Rather than continue to build, a decision was made to switch to a commercial vendor and the hospital selected a commercial system.
As a member of the clinical staff with informatics education, the CIO has requested that you develop a training and information presentation for the clinical staff that will:
· Identify two or more issues with the existing system
· Provide staff with appropriate “work-around” for using the existing system
· Provide an overview of two of the standard languages used within the new system including discipline or specialty, updating frequency, and available cross-maps
o One standard language should pertain only to nursing
o One standard language should be multidisciplinary.
· Obtain clinical staff input, using a five-question survey, of specific methods to support transition to the new system; questions should be open-ended.
PowerPoint Presentation
Directions:
1. Review the case study.
2. Download the provided PowerPoint template to create a presentation that includes:
· Your name on the title slide of the presentation
· Identification of two or more issues with existing system
· Identification of “work-a-round” solutions when using existing system
· Overview of standard language used only in nursing
· Overview of multidisciplinary standard language
· Set of five (5) open-ended survey questions for staff input on transitioning to the new system
· Presentation is free of spelling and grammar errors.
2. Submit the Week 10 Assignment via Blackboard by clicking on the “Week 10 Assignment” link. Include the proper file naming convention:
· CMP105_wk10_assn_jsmith_mmddyyyy.
Me-Too Drugs VS Brand Drugs
Answer the following questions and write a paper (3 pages) about the problem of lack of knowledge regarding the differences of effect between first-in-class imported medications and me-too drugs.
· Introduction
· Why we need to fix this problem?
· How to study this problem?
· What is the Significant of the problem?
· What are the consequences of solving this problem?
· Theoretical Background of Me-too drugs
· Conclusion
CT 4 Strategic Healthcare
You should continue working on your Capstone Project this week by completing a SWOT analysis using the case study information provided in the Capstone Project description. You will be using this SWOT analysis in the Assessment section of your PowerPoint presentation to the BOD and including the analysis itself in the appendix to the report. Use graphics and diagrams to enhance and present your SWOT in your slides.
Your well-written SWOT analysis should meet the following requirements:
- Be 2-3 slides in length, not including the cover, abstract (optional), or reference pages.
- Utilize headings to organize the content.
- Include a minimum of three references with associated in-text citations.
- Be formatted according to APA writing requirements and format.
Congruence
Describe the congruence of your organization’s mission and vision to its practice. (This means – How is the organization’s mission and vision seen or carried out in its day to day operations and activities?)
Network Organizations
Topic: Network Organizations
Requirements:
1.The research paper must be at least 2,500 words.
2.A minimum of 6 peer-reviewed journal citations are required.
3. APA Format
The following outline (unrelated to the subject matter of the research report) may help in your understanding of the research report via analysis & synthesis.
1) Introduction:
a) Introduce the 2 DB implementations plans. Add history and relative significance of each consumer and DB products.
b) One implementation should be a database that was essentially successful.
c) The second implementation should be a database that had significant “challenges”.
d) What type of research papers was used (case study, empirical, etc.)?
2) Describe, compare/contrast, and evaluate two (2) database – ANALYSIS
a) What is the problem driving the implementation? What is ‘going wrong’ or what ‘problem’ was expected to be addressed?
b) What were the implementation requirements
i) Expectations
ii) Project requirements
iii) DB requirements
iv) Planed resources & time expectations
c) What were the risks and impact if the implementation failed?
3) Provide a SYNTHESIS of the 2-implementation plans.
a) What specific issues addressed by article X were also addressed in article Y, and how do they compare?
b) What issues addressed by article X (or Y) may have been addressed by an alternate solution?
4) Findings
a) What does your evidence show?
5) Conclusions
a) What make one DB implementation a success and the other have significant challenges?
b) What mitigating factors were, or should have been, considered?
6) Recommendations
a) Future investigation
7) Reference List
Summary Paper – A Camera in the Classroom
Looking at Figure 1-1 (Decision-making model on page 8 of your text), follow the steps in the model as you consider whether the teacher should surrender the videotape. Submit a one-to-two-page Summary Paper that outlines the decision that needs to be made and its alignment to the steps in the model.
Liability & Risks
Background: TLG has scheduled another meeting with the GC owners to further discuss the risks and liabilities of tort law. This meeting will focus specifically on product liability.
Winnie and Ralph asked you to participate in the GC meeting and to be prepared to discuss specific product liability risks related to GC’s use and resale of EPI cleaning products.
Instructions: To prepare, review product liability law, product liability claims, and parties who can be sued in product liability cases using the assigned materials and Instructor Notes.
Write a summary report addressing the following questions to use as a basis for discussion in the GC meeting with TLG and to educate GC owners about potential risks and liabilities under product liability law.
A. Analyze and explain specifically how and why GC could face risks under product liability for use of EPI cleaning products to clean GC clients’ commercial property.
B. Analyze and explain specifically how and why GC could face risks under product liability for reselling EPI cleaning products directly to customers from its public place of business.
Format Instructions:
Prepare the summary in a report, addressed to Winnie and Ralph, to be used in discussion with the GC owners.
Internal And External Environmental Analysis
You work for a consulting firm whose primary objective is to help businesses improve their strategic operations. Your firm recently was hired by a newspaper company named Hoosier Media Inc. The client’s print newspaper circulation and subscriptions have declined, resulting in 30% lower revenues over the last five years. Online ad revenues have increased but currently account for just 5% of the company’s revenue. You have been tasked with providing a comprehensive internal and external analysis to help the firm improve its business operations.
Create a 700- to 1,050-word analysis that includes the following:
- Identify economic, legal, and regulatory forces and trends.
- Critique how well the organization adapts to change.
- Discuss the primary internal organizational considerations.
- Discuss the primary external organization considerations.
- Identify the major issues and/or opportunities the company faces based on your analysis.
Current Events Related to Strategic Management
Research and find 2-3 topics in current news/events
and be prepared to explain the event/news item and its relationship to
the material that we have covered in the course.
Review papers, magazines and news feeds
to bring potential items for the to discuss and decide on the
topics. You should then put together a slide on each item which
describes the event and demonstrates how it would impact strategic
management planning processes.
Must be in APA format
Analyzing Media and Pop Culture; Theories of Celebrity Gossip
1. Structural Functionalism
What is the function (or functions) of celebrity gossip for society? What purpose(s) does it serve, and how does it help society maintain stability and order? Discuss how notions of sacred and profane are characterized. Are there manifest and latent functions of celebrity gossip? Are there any dysfunctions in it?
2. Conflict Theory
What forms of inequality are revealed in celebrity gossip? In particular, what does it have to say about class, race, gender, sexuality, or other inequalities? Whose interests are being served and who gets exploited? Who suffers and who benefits from celebrity gossip?
3. Symbolic Interactionism
What does celebrity gossip mean to society as a whole? What does it mean to individual members of society? Can gossip have different meanings for different individuals or groups of individuals? How do those meanings get constructed in interaction? And how does celebrity gossip influence our everyday lives?
ASSIGNMENT: Select the material you will analyze, and answer each of the three sets of questions in a 3 PAGE ESSAY. Discuss the main principles of the three theoretical perspectives and explain how each can be applied. You will want to include specific examples from your chosen stories to illustrate your points. Did the theories overlap at all, or did they contradict each other? Was there any one theory you felt did a better or worse job of explaining celebrity gossip? Attach printouts of the stories to the paper.
