Assignment:
SDLC Process
Agile development methodologies have become very common in software development and information technology (IT) departments. Agile methodologies provide many advantages in terms of flexibility and adaptability. Complete the following for this assignment:
• Explore agile development and agile IT approaches that are specific to health care organizations.
• Explain 3 advantages of using an agile approach, and identify 2 challenges of an agile approach.
• Explain the differences between using agile for project-based work and operational-based IT work.
Health Care Information Regulatory Environment
Meaningful use was a major regulatory driver of health care information technologies. Complete the following:
• Research 1 academic article on the topic of health care meaningful use regulations, and then select 1 meaningful use objective.
• For the identified meaningful use objective, suggest 1 information system implementation that could be used to achieve the identified objective.
Security and Recovery
Health care information and system security is a major consideration for small and large health care organizations. Complete the following for this assignment:
• Conduct research to find 1 security breach in a health care organization that has occurred in the past five years.
• Research the breach, and then explain what could have been done to avoid or mitigate the impact of the security breach.
• Conduct additional research to understand the penalties that health care organizations may be subject to if they fail to secure health care data.
• Based on your research of the incident and the potential penalties, create a memo to a senior leader within a health care organization explaining why funding is justified to fund security-focused health care information technology projects.
Note: 400 words per questions - Use APA style to cite at least 2 scholarly sources from the last 5 years.