Assignment

Refer to the Superior Care Health Group (SCHG) case as related in the chapter opening section, page 36, “Healthcare IT: Challenges and Opportunities.” Assume you are in Braden's position and are conducting the interviews.

For this discussion, answer the following:

1. What do you (as Braden) need to know about healthcare organizations in order to answer the interviewees' questions? Write one paragraph.
2. Which interviewee questions are about procedural behavior and which are about social behavior? Do research to determine the difference. Write one paragraph.
3. In an acute setting like a hospital, sensitivity of the environment can be high. Is SCHG likely to be the same? Why? Under what conditions would this answer be different?

Please remember these are discussion questions, so it is important that throughout the week you respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. More responses improve the discussion and broaden our knowledge.

This assignment should be between 100-150 words.