In this course, you will progressively work on a system implementation process in six stages:

1: System planning
2: System analysis
3: System selection
4: System implementation
5: User training and system mainten

You can use Internet resources, peer-reviewed journals, and reputable, published articles, and you may interview an executive of a healthcare facility that has implemented an electronic medical record system/electronic health record system or similar system to describe the six implementation steps.

In this week you will start with system planning complete a 3-5-page executive summary while considering the following components:

Describe a fictional healthcare organization: type, size of staff, and amount and type of patients it is able to serve.

Establish the need for a system.

Set achievable goals and objectives.
Allocate a budget.

Identify a project manager (a fictitious name and title) and project team (fictitious names and titles).

Determine whether to build in-house or acquire from outside, and support your decision with reasoning.

Set a timeline for system implementation or project completion.

Complete the assignment in a 3-5-page Word document.