DISCUSSION 1

"HMIS Planning" Please respond to the following:

• Analyze the main functions of the planning, organizing, directing, and controlling (PODC) model of management, indicating where managers are most likely to struggle performing these functions. Provide a rationale to support your response. Suggest a key factor that management must consider when making the decision to implement an HMIS. Provide a rationale for your determination.

DISCUSSION 2

"Developing HIMS in a Health Care Organization" Please respond to the following:

• Create an argument for the HIMS development method you think would be the most effective in a health care organization. Justify your response.

• Speculate on whether the advantages outweigh the disadvantages for using Open Source Software in a hospital setting. Provide support for your rationale.