1. What management, organization, and technology factors are responsible for the difficulties in building electronic medical record systems? Explain your answer.
2. What stages of system building will be the most difficult when creating electronic medical record systems? Explain your answer.
3. What is the business and social impact of not digitalizing medical records (to individual physicians, hospitals, insurers, patients)?
4. What are the business and social benefits of digitalizing medical record keeping?
5. Name two important information requirements for physicians, two for patients, and two for hospitals that should be addressed by electronic medical record systems.
6. Diagram the "as-is" and "to-be" processes for prescribing a medication for a patient before and after an EMR system is implemented.