Week Four Discussion. SEE ATTACHMENT FOR INSTRUCTIONS

Week Four: Discussion - Innovate/Invest in a Digital Health Future

*** YOU MUST USE THE REFERENCES FROM THE READINGS ATTACHED AND THE WEBSITE LINKS WITHIN THE INSTRUCTIONS. YOU MAKE INCLUDE TWO OUTSIDE SOURCES. *** REFERENCES ARE LISTED BELOW AND WILL BE ATTACHED.

High Tech meets Human Health - Many venture capital and other tech investors say - move fast and break things. In contrast, healthcare culture says - first, do no harm.  It is up to you as a healthcare leader to find the balance. 

· Where would you invest and advocate for accelerated adoption? 

· Identify several promising practices and emerging trends in applying information technology in healthcare.

· Base your selections on the ideas shared in course readings, videos, and the www.healthtechdiscovey.com resources,

· Consider the following list and prioritize among these stakeholder/application/focus areas - (or select a priority project not on this list and justify it.) 

· Review and consider and reference the laws, regulations,s and policy sections on ONC's website.https://www.healthit.gov/topic/laws-regulation-and-policy 

· Budget less for all or invest more in a few. 

Choose your top 3 priorities and rank all 12 on a list - 

1. Public health - Connecting healthcare delivery and public health information systems, including social determinants of health

2. Care teams - Voice-enabling systems for the front-line care team

3. Patients/Access/Marketing - Digital front door to enrich telehealth/patient engagement

4. R&D/Insights/Data Science and more - AI/Analytics for research and management and more - find more insights

5. Personalized health - including a focus on genomic systems

6. Finance - Upgraded financial management suite and advanced consulting engagement to support it

7. Operations - Supply Chain operational system

8. Surgeons - Surgical Suite robots

9. Radiology/Imaging - Diagnostic imaging upgrade

10. Risks/Threats - Cybersecurity upgrade

11. Infrastructure - Move to Cloud/networking infrastructure upgrade

12. C-suite - Tech strategy consulting firm fees for strategic planning

REFERENCES:

LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND POLICY

https://www.healthit.gov/topic/laws-regulation-and-policy

HEALTH TECH DISCOVERY

https://health-it-sim-lab.weebly.com/

WEEK FOUR POWERPOINT PRESENTATION (SEE ATTACHMENT)