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Readings

· Course Text: Health Care Information Systems: A Practical Approach for Health Care Management

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. Chapter 12, "Organizing Information Technology Services" This chapter focuses on the importance of not only purchasing quality equipment, but also of having appropriate and well-trained personnel to support the technology. The different types of personnel needed for information technology services and the respective duties of each position are explored.

. Chapter 15, "IT Governance and Management" This chapter explores key organizational concerns for the management of health care information technology, including the structural approaches to governance, measurements of effectiveness, allocation of funding, and budget management.

. Chapter 16, "Management's Role in Major IT Initiatives" This chapter discusses how to manage organizational changes that occur as the result of an information technology initiative. It also identifies key project roles in an initiative and describes what each role entails.

· Article: DeVore, S. D. & Figioli, K. (2010). Lessons premier hospitals learned about implementing electronic health records. Health Affairs, 29(4), 664-667. Retrieved from http://ezp.waldenulibrary.org/login?url=http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=2013981681&Fmt=3&clientId=70192&RQT=309&VName=PQD