Write annotate bibliography for Information governance milestone project.

Introduction

This proposal presents a comprehensive analysis and recommendations to bring the information governance of Jira Healthcare into compliance with industry Best Practices and legal compliance and to better manage our records to streamline the workload of the organization staff, doctors, and nurses to improve patient outcomes.

This proposal will address the following critical issues:

· Regulatory requirements found in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the CFR Title 21, Part 11 Pharmaceuticals, and others could later be identified.

· Best Practices that are applicable to the healthcare industry

· Risk Management and Mitigation

· Information Security and Governance

· Records and E-Records Management

· Metrics to evaluate Information Governance (IG) Performance

· Patient record keeping

· Email and social media strategy

· Cloud Computing strategy

· Outline of a Proposed IG Strategic Plan

Information governance is a sensitive part of any organization in the current market, which is a major influence on the company's functioning and performance. It is important to understand that any organization needs to develop proper information governance to help reduce their current problems, but especially critical to ours because we deal with human life and death. Our practice is having serious issues with the flow of information throughout our practice and the interfaces with other health organizations and with our patients. This is a major threat since one part of the practice might fail to receive information on time, leading to serious repercussion with our patients. Chiasson & Davidson (2018) explained that the lack of the proper flow of information might result to poor management and planning which is a major issue that implies that it is essential to develop the proper understanding of the need for information to be consistent through the workplace. In our case, poor management can also impact patients’ health. In the digital era, confidentiality and privacy of personal data are most important. For our company and patient's trust, we are compelled to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). This act was passed to improve the US healthcare system's efficiency and quality through developed information sharing. As well as increasing the use of E-Records, HIPAA has provisions to protect the security and privacy of protected health information. The present issues such as duplication of the workplace information are a threat to the patients' records which is not appropriate and might discourage the patients from reaching out and opening up regarding their personal issues. The concept is a threat to the workplace's entire functions because it is a major threat that is not appropriate. Embracing technology within the work environment will help make it easy to store, retrieve, and convey the information to all the available parties within the workplace, which is relevant to how they perform (Ratna, 2019). Technology is essential, but it is important to develop information governance policies early in order to prevent serious missteps, non-compliance and to ensure proper functioning and performance. Also, it is important to introduce and boost information security within the workplace since there is an increased risk of compromise with information technology.

As being addressed, this Information Governance program is a new project that Jira Healthcare has decided to develop and to become an integral part in our business model. For the over 50 years that Jira Healthcare has been operating, we have adapted many changes to keep with the technology and the times. The establishment of this new Information Governance department is one of them. We, as a practice, have struggled with the big change of the digital era in which data and information drive a large part of our business requiring streaming data to be real-time, accurate, accessible, and well protected. Our goal toward this change is to successfully create this new department that will work specifically to governing information throughout the practice.

References

Chiasson, M., & Davidson, E. (2018). Taking Industry Seriously in Information Systems Research. MIS

Quarterly, 29(4), 591-605. doi:10.2307/25148701

Ratna, H. (2019). The Importance of Effective Communication in Healthcare Practice. Harvard Public Health Review, 23, 1-6. doi:10.2307/48546767