Homework: Systems Acquisition
One of the ways that we gain information in life is to learn from other's experiences. The link below provides access to AHRQ Health IT Success videos, they will help to guide your thinking as you analyze your case. Use the information to compare, contrast, or highlight your Week 1's case choice. You will note that each case is centered on how health care IT impacts patient care or outcome.
Access the AHRQ Health IT Success Stories playlist. You can view the videos all at once in the playlist, but if you are citing one in your homework, make sure to use the individual video reference.
YouTube Video: "Health IT Success: Improving Provider Communication to Improve Transitions in Patient Care"
Reflect on your project proposal, Implementing a syndromic surveillance system, and address the following:
1) Assess the part the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) plays in health care information systems acquisition.
2) Provide alternatives to alleviate major concerns.
3) Analyze whether value was added through acquisition to your proposed health care information system.
4) Analyze the principles of systems development lifecycle (SDLC-a decision-making model) as is applicable to your health care IT systems acquisition.
5) Evaluate the essential components of the project life cycle.
6) Examine the benefit(s) and economic impact of your proposed system acquisition.
7) Describe whether the quality implementation/acquisition impacts your chosen topic for your proposal and final presentation. This response needs to be one paragraph in length.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.