Module 05 Project - Action Plan
Running head: ANALYSIS PAPER 1
ANALYSIS PAPER 2
Analysis Paper
Krista Kim
Rasmussen College
Author Note
This paper is being submitted on January 21st, 2018, for Kim Sanders’s H490/HSA4922 Section 01 Healthcare Management Capstone - Online Plus - 2018 Winter Quarter
Analysis Paper
Based on the results of the SWOT analysis, what should Barbara recommend as an overall strategy?
From the SWOT analysis, the overall strategy that Barbara should recommend is a system that is capable of meeting the needs of the healthcare facility effectively and efficiently. The strategy focuses on having systems that are fast to allow for easy processing of information and offer quality support to the patients. It should also have a high level of functionality to allow for the normalizing, analyzing, access and the storage of the entire patient's data and saving it for easy retrieving in the future. The system should also be user-friendly so that the professionals and the staff using it can be in a position to easily maneuver in the process of care delivery. The other component of the system that the company should consider is that it should have a wide range of features to enhance maximum utilization and the ease of data access by the patients and physicians. Finally, the medical professionals should also be trained on how to use the system upon implementation.
How will the selection of the chosen EHR system contribute to the strategy? Further explain why it was the best choice.
One of the ways in which the selection of eClinical works EHR will contribute to strategy is that it is the ability to maintain highly organized data; it’s fast and also has amazing features. The EHR system adapted for use in the organization should be in a position to increase effectiveness, efficiency, achieve quality in the delivery of care and also enhance the patient’s outcomes (Sinha et al., 2013). Due to its organization, the system will make it easy for the health care professionals to retrieve the patients’ information while at the same time ensuring security to prevent access of the patient information by unauthorized persons. The e-Clinical works will also contribute to the strategy because it offers low and affordable prices and has low maintenance costs and this aids in the reduction of the costs that the healthcare facilities incur in the maintenance. The other way in which the system will contribute to the strategy is that it has a wide scope of features which make it easy for the patients and the physicians to login into their portals and interact with each other.
On what basis should she develop actions items? What should the action items be, as they directly relate to the strategy?
The action items should be developed based on their importance in meeting the organizational goals and objectives. The organization aims at implementing an Electronic Health System that will assist in the improvement of the level of effectiveness, efficiency in the delivery of care and also quality. The actions items that should be taken and directly relating to the strategy are; creation of an implementation team, configuration of the software, identification of the hardware needs, transfer of the data, optimization of the workflows in the pre-launch, consideration of the layout of the rooms, deciding of the approach that will be used in the launching of the system, development of the procedures to be followed when the EHR system is down and lastly initiating the training plan (Hodgkins, 2017).
What should the recommended outcomes and/ or long-term goals be, based on the action items?
One of the recommended outcomes based on the action items is that all the medical professionals and the patients should be trained on how to use the system effectively. The patient should be shown how they are supposed to login in the system so that they can post their wellness information and get a chance to interact with the medical providers online. The other recommendation is that the hospital should be adequately prepared to ways in which they will carry out normal activities in case the system goes down to avoid halting of services. Lastly, training should be a long-term activity to ensure that all people are acquitted with the skills needed for online interaction with the medical providers. All this will aid in the increasing of the efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of care.
References
Hodgkins, M. (2017). Electronic Health Record (EHR) Implementation. Step Forward. From: https://www.stepsforward.org/modules/ehr-implementation
Sinha, P., Sunder, G., Bendale, P., Mantri, M. & Dande, A. (2013). Electronic health record : standards, coding systems, frameworks, and infrastructures. Piscataway, NJ Hoboken, New Jersey: IEEE Press John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Glenn, B. (2013). Top 10 most popular EHR systems for small practices. Medical Economics. From: http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/medical-economics/EHR/HIT/10-most-popular-ehr-systems-small-practices?page=full
Hodgkins, M. (2017). Electronic Health Record (EHR) Implementation. Step Forward. From: https://www.stepsforward.org/modules/ehr-implementation