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3-1 Final Project Milestone One: Initiation and Preparation
Southern New Hampshire University
HIM-440: Management of Health Information Services
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Initiation and Preparation Phase
For forming Gateway Healthcare Systems, St. Catherine’s Medical Center will be
merging with Hospital and Hickman Community Hospital. The Luke’s ‘Initiation and
Preparation phase will be highly critical the facilities function a Phase’ so that can in
cohesive manner and deliver quality services to the public. While working on the phase,
some of the key elements that have been taken into consideration include the issues that
could arise for the HIM department, compliance concerns, cultural issues that could impact
quality well productivity and the mission and vision of the facilities. A detailed as as
SWOT analysis has also been conducted identify the key variables that may impact the to
Health Information Management department of the merged entity.
Summary
The merger of the three health care facilities into a single entity could give rise to
a broad range of issues the HIM department. After the review of the data of in St.
Catherine’s Luke’s Medical Center, Hospital and Hickman Community Hospital, some of
the main issues that have been identified are the limited staff diversity and the la of ck
necessary credentials of the staff. Similarly, the department associations some of the in
facilities weak, which could adversely affect collaboration d teamwork. The other is an
elements that are lack within the organizations clude proper communication, training and in
development opportunities for the staff members, etc.
