You are a health care administration informaticist at Adams University Hospital System in Burnside, KY. Three acute care centers, ten large primary care practices, home care unit, and continuing care community comprise AUHS. As teaching center, they also collaborate to give telehealth services nationally and internationally.
AUHS's Board has tasked executive officers (you and your team) to analyze current state of health information technology in corporation with goal of enhancing business model, patient safety and quality of care measurements, and meeting organizational mission and legislative and regulatory mandates for community they service through 2015.
Explain the five most important technologic, social, mission and legal elements required to meet Board's directive in memo to the Board.