You are the Assistant Administrator for Facility Operations of Rolling Hills Village, a continuing care retirement community of over 2000 residents spread among its skilled assisted living and independent living environments. The Village has outgrown its current management information system (MIS), a large but outdated system currently handling all clinical, administrative, and strategic support applications for the facility. The administrator has asked you to develop a strategic plan to replace the current MIS within two (2) years. Describe how you will include the following with a brief description and how it will be accomplished and which staff position (i.e., DON, CEO, Head Dietician, etc.) will be responsible for that particular action.

1. Needs assessment plan
2. IT staffing assessment plan
3. Request for proposal (RFP) plan
4. Vendor selection plan
5. Contract negotiation
6. Staff orientation/training plan and timeline
7. Implementation date(s)