Assignment Project: Health Information Systems: Recommendation for the Acquisition, Implementation, and Support of a Health Information System

PowerPoint Presentation: Health Information Technology to Address the Continuum of Care

Once choosing a scenario from the Learning Resources you will develop a PowerPoint presentation to provide an overview of how information technology will address issues in that organization(s)/setting. You understand that for such an expensive and complex recommendation, in-depth research must be conducted along with a high level leadership plan as to how you would recommend approaching the initiative along the Systems Development Lifecycle steps: 1) Acquire; 2) Plan for; 3) Implement; and 4) Support the technology solution.

In a 15- to 20-slide PowerPoint presentation, including extensive speaker notes and 5-6 peer reviewed references applied using APA Format:

• Analyze the problems and opportunities that the technology is aimed to address in this organization(s)/setting

• Critique any legal and/or regulatory concerns related to using technology in this organizations(s)/setting

• Acquisition: Explain your recommended steps in the systematic evaluation and acquisition of the technology

• SWOT summary
• Vendor partner recommendations
• Process to evaluate vendors

• Planning: Develop a Project Charter for how you would plan for implementing this technology.

• Scope of the project/program
• Key stakeholders
• Risks and mitigation plans
• Financial justification

• Implementation:

• Change Management Strategy
• Security and Privacy Plan
• Data sharing, systems integration needs
• Use of cost reducing emerging technology platforms

• Support and sustainability:

• Financial sustainment plan
• End user technical support plan
• Potential fit with emerging industry technologies.

• Briefly address any competitive advantage that this technology might provide for the selected organization(s).