Competency

• Explain the role and impact of health information technology and its impact on healthcare systems and key stakeholders.
• Assess the implementation of health information technology applications and systems in relation to organizational business and patient care goals.
• Examine regulatory and ethical issues related to the use and management of health information technology.
• Evaluate various technologies, systems, and applications needed to achieve optimal clinical and business performance outcomes.
• Appraise the role and impact of healthcare administrators in facilitating effective change management related to technology.
• Assess the impact of emerging healthcare information technology applications on patients, healthcare delivery, and data analytics.

As a healthcare consultant, representing theLeveraging Healthcare Solutionsfirm, you are to make a written Project Proposal with a Presentation for a potential new client. The client is a large, integrated healthcare system seeking to implement a new emerging technology solution. They are looking to you for guidance on the considerations for implementing a new HIT solution. The project scope is to pilot the use of theApple Health Record mobile patient appas part of their system's EHR. Your audience will be the multidisciplinaryInnovation Steering Committee, which will approve/deny the use of your firm for this project. Approval is contingent upon the strength of your Proposal and Presentation.

Instructions

Make a written Project Proposal and a Presentation

• The role and impact of health information technology on a healthcare system and the significance of identifying key stakeholders
• Discussion on the important factors to be considered when analyzing whether a key trend (e.g., Apple Health Record app) will benefit a healthcare organization
• Discussion on the potential regulatory and ethical issues related to the use and management of an emerging technical solution, including data security and privacy
• Description of which type of analysis needs to be performed to assess if this solution will optimize clinical and business performance outcomes and achieve the goal of interoperability
• Discussion on the role and impact of healthcare administrators in facilitating effective change management related to technology solutions and the use of this solution
• Description of the impact of emerging HIT applications, such as the Apple Health app, on patients, healthcare delivery, and data analytics
• A summary of your final recommendation on the use of this new technology
• Reference included

Rubric Details

1. Clear and though explanation of the role and impact of health information technology and its impact on healthcare systems and key stakeholders, including multiple examples and supporting details
2. Clear and thorough discussion on the important factors to be considered when analyzing whether a key trend will benefit a healthcare organization, including multiple examples and supporting details
3. Clear and thorough discussion on the potential regulatory and ethical issues related to the use and management of an emerging technical solution, including data security and privacy
4. Comprehensive description of which type of analysis needs to be performed to assess if this solution will optimize clinical and business performance outcomes and achieve the goal of interoperability, including multiple examples and supporting details
5. Insufficient description of which type of analysis needs to be performed to assess if this solution will optimize clinical and business performance outcomes and achieve the goal of interoperability
6. Comprehensive description of the impact of emerging HIT applications, such as the Apple Health app, on patients, healthcare delivery, and data analytics, including multiple examples and supporting details
7. Comprehensive description of the impact of emerging HIT applications, such as the Apple Health app, on patients, healthcare delivery, and data analytics, including multiple examples and supporting details
8. Clear and thorough summary of your final recommendation on the use of this new technology, including multiple examples and supporting detail.