Week 4 discussion 2 in MHA 616 Health Care Management Information Systems

 

Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, review the following:

• Textbook Chapter 9: Assessing and Achieving Value in Health Care Information Systems
• Article: “Health information technology investments, patient experience, and hospital bad debtLinks to an external site.”
• Video: Nursing home technology keeps elderly patients out of the doctor’s officeLinks to an external site.

One of the fundamental functions of information technology (IT) governance is ensuring that an organization’s IT investments will yield the desired value. Processes must be established to monitor the project’s progress, alert when there are deviations from planning, and handle potential risks to manage the IT-enabled values. Failure to attain the desired IT-enabled values could lead to inefficient operations and organizational processes, wasted money and resources, lower patient satisfaction, and impaired patient safety.

In your initial post:

• Identify at least two tangible and two intangible IT-enabled values from your selected health information systems project presented in week 3 discussion forum.
  • Reference Table 9.1 Tangible and intangible IT value. 
  • Be sure to rationalize your identified tangible and intangible IT-enabled values. .
• Estimate at least two IT value challenges.
• Propose at least two strategies to overcome your identified challenges to ensure the delivery of IT value.

Your initial post should be of at least 250 words. Support your response with a minimum of two scholarly sources published in the last five years. The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesLinks to an external site. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. Here is a link to APA StyleLinks to an external site. as outlined in the Writing Center