Privacy, Security, and Ethics

3–4 pages, not including a cover letter       

APA Style

!!! Due in 24 hours !!!

Continue to utilize this scenario to assist you with your plan completion

"The benefits of EHR implementation are numerous; however, there can be significant barriers to their acquisition and use. Discuss benefits of and barriers to implementation of EHR this week, and please use the following scenario to assist you with this week's assignment:

Yorkshire Clinic is an acute care clinic located in Tacoma, Washington. The clinic is comprised of a group of 10 physicians, 2 physician assistants, 1 nurse practitioner, and several ancillary staff. Yorkshire Clinic serves a patient population of approximately 14,000. "

Now that you have selected a vendor to supply electronic health record (EHR) capabilities to the clinic, you must submit a request for proposal (RFP). The RFP is a valuable tool that is used to provide detailed requirements to potential vendors and gives guidelines to those vendors to follow during the bidding contract. The RFP might request that the vendor provide the following (Wager, Lee, & Glaser, 2005):

• Vendor qualifications: General background of vendor, experience, number of installations, financial stability, and so forth
• Proposed solutions: How the vendor believes its product meets organizational goals
• General contractual requirements: Warranties, payment schedule, penalties for failure to meet schedule specified in the contract, and so forth
• Pricing and support: Quote on cost of system, utilization of standardized forms, and so forth

The RFP that you construct should list numerous items that Yorkshire Clinic requires, such as the following:

• Information about the clinic
• What functionality is desired
• Product description

Utilize the format provided in the following Web site to assist you in your proposal: http://library.ahima.org/xpedio/groups/public/documents/ahima/bok1_047959.hcsp?dDocName=bok1_047959

. The article, http://www.aafp.org/fpm/2005/0200/p55.html , provides information on how to write your RFP.