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Determine the most significant requirement of an effective solution to interoperability

DETERMINE A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE THAT HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS WILL FACE WHEN CREATING AN INTEROPERABLE SYSTEM.

Elaborate on the trend of interoperability of health care management information systems. Determine a significant challenge that health care organizations will face when creating an interoperable system. Justify your response.
 
Suggest a significant benefit of interoperability that is the result of the SAPHIRE project. Provide support for your rationale.
 
“Solutions to HMIS Issues”  Please respond to the following:
 
Determine the most significant requirement of an effective solution to interoperability. Provide a rationale for your determination.
 
Suggest a significant challenge of applying WSIHS to health care management information systems (HMIS), and indicate how the challenge may be mitigated.

Describe the health care system and the role of marketing.

DETERMINE THE DIRECT IMPACT OF MARKETING FOR THE HEALTH CARE

 Marketing and the Health Care System
 
Select a health care provided with which you are familiar and write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

  1. Determine the direct impact of marketing for the health care provider you selected.
  2. Outline a strategy for the health care provider you selected to determine the utilization of its products or services.
  3. Outline a marketing strategy for the health care provider you selected.
  4. Recommend at least three (3) separate ways the health care provider you selected could shape the buying decisions of its customers.
  5. Provide at least three (3) qualified sources, e.g., peer-reviewed journals, professional organization Website, or health care provider Websites.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Describe the health care system and the role of marketing.
  • Analyze the competitive environment of a health services organization and identify a course of action that will allow for strategic marketing success.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in health services marketing.
  • Write clearly and concisely about health services marketing using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills.

Discuss other uses of technology that could potentially improve the quality of health care.

DISCUSS OTHER USES OF TECHNOLOGY THAT COULD POTENTIALLY IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE

Medicine Through Videoconferencing
 
Read the Real World Case 3: Brain Saving Technologies, Inc. and the T-Health Institute: Medicine through Videoconferencing (pp. 236-237).
 
In a three- to five-page paper (not including the title page or reference page), respond to the following:
 

  1. From the perspective of the patient, explain how you would feel about being diagnosed by a doctor who could be hundreds or thousands of miles from you. Describe any expectations or concerns you would have about that kind of experience.
  2. Discuss other professions, aside from health care and education that could benefit from the application of some of the technologies discussed in this case. Explain how they would derive business value from these projects. Develop two proposals in different professional settings.
  3. The deployment of IT in health professions is still very much in its infancy. Discuss other uses of technology that could potentially improve the quality of health care. Compose a list of at least three alternatives.

 Cost and Quality in U.S. Health Care

 Cost and Quality in U.S. Health Care

Within the Discussion Board area, write 500–700 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
 
From 1998–2003, the following important reports were published:
 
The Urgent Need to Improve Healthcare Quality by M. R. Chassin and R. W. Galvin.
To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System by L. T. Kohn, J. M. Corrigan, and M. S. Donaldson.
Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century by the Committee on Quality Health Care in America
National Healthcare Quality Report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Complete the following for this assignment:
 

  1. Choose 1 of those reports, and describe its impact on the quality of health care in the United States.
  2. How could you use the concepts of the report that you chose to assess and subsequently improve the quality of health care in your health care organization?

 
Note: Use APA style to cite at least 2 scholarly sources from the last 5 years in addition to the chosen report.. 500-700 words APA Format…