Assignment:
Discussion 1 - Selecting Health Care IT Projects and Priorities (600 words)
The Health Information Data Exchange is an emerging topic within health care systems. Discuss the following:
• Explain what use the health information data exchange could provide for a health care organization.
• How could an organization use standardized data from other organizations?
• Explain why a major organization would be interested in integrating its systems with the exchange.
• Consider how the health information data exchange can lead to the availability of big data, and suggest 1 additional use of the data collected by a health care organization when integrating a health information data exchange.
Note: Use APA style to cite at least 2 scholarly sources from the last 5 years.
Discussion 2 - Implementing a Full System Within Health Care(600 words)
Implementing systems is often more challenging than designing systems. Consider a large health care organization that is implementing a major system that must interface with multiple external systems, and complete the following:
• Select 1 of the following components of such an implementation, and explain what would be required to implement this aspect of the project:
o User training
o Documentation of the system for support or operations
o Documenting the system for regulatory approval
o Evaluating the system for security concerns
o Evaluating the system for implementing the system at a new facility that the organization has acquired
Note: Use APA style to cite at least 2 scholarly sources from the last 5 years.